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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 26, 1956
72nd Year, Number 46
Morrow Third in
.State in Bond
Sales During 1955
Despite a slight drop'ln sales
of series E and H Savings Bonds
during December, Morrow county
continued to hold its position as
third in the state for sales of the
securities in 1955, it was revealed
this week by Ted R. Gamble,
state bond chairman.
Sales in December in the county
amounted to $19,216 to give a
total sale forthe year of $460,993,
a gain of more than $220,000 over
1954 and a percentage of 159.5 of
its quota for the year. The only
counties in Oregon to beat Mor
row's sales record were Sherman
with a percent." ge gain of 221.3
and Harney with 163.1.
Throughout the state December
sales were heavy and for the
year an increase of nearly $9
million was noted which was 99.9
percent of the sales goal.
Jack Bedford of Heppner is the
county bond sales chairman.
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Boardman School
Gets Federal Aid
Word was received Wednesday
from Congressman Sam Coon In
Washington, D. C. that $2,249
has been certified for immediate
payment to Boardman school, dis
trict No. 225 by the department
of health, education and welfare
for federal aid to schools in fed
erally affected areas. It is under
stood that this is the first year
that Boardman has been able to
qualify for the federal aid.
The money is available to
school districts in areas where
federal projects cause an Influx
of students into local schools and
the government pays approxi
mately one-half of the cost of
educating those children.
During past years the Irrigon
school has received considerable
federal money because of the
large number of students in the
school whose parents work at
Ordnance. This figure has run
in excess or $aj,uuu in some
years, it is reported.
County school officials said
that Boardman should now be
able to qualify for $3,461 In fed
eral aid during the 1956 fiscal
year.
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Band Carnival Set
At Pavilion April 7
Officers of the Band Parents
club installed Tuesday night were
Mrs. Oliver Creswick, president;
Mrs. Alvin Bunch,' vice president
and Mrs. Cal Sumner, secretary
treasurer. The second annual club carni
val was set for April 7 at the
fair pavilion with William Cox
and N. C. Anderson In charge.
The next meeting will be held
Monday night, Feb. 13, at the
school band room. Refreshments
will be served and a special ef
fort made to get acquainted with
new members.
State Traffic Deaths
Drop During 1955
Oregon's 1955 traffic deaths
were set tentatively at 400 Fri
day, a decline of 21 from the 1954
total.
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry said the decrease places Ore
gon among the comparatively
few states managing to turn their
traffic death counts downward in
1955. The nation as a whole
suffered about a six percent in
crease, according to. information
received from the National Safety
Council. Through October, 38
states had reported fatality in
creases ranging from, two to 38
percent.
Most of Oregon's bettered re
cord came in December, Newbry
said, with 35 deaths now recorded
during that month as compared
with 53 in December of 1954. Re.
ceipt of delayed reports or the
deaths of persons now listed as
injured may force an upward re
vision of the December count, but
Newbry said he was confident the
state would at least hold most
of the gain.
The year's worst traffic-killing
months were July with 45 dead,
August with 42, and October, 48.
The "S-D Day" campaign cov
ering the 21 days from Novem
ber 21 through December 11 saw
20 Oregon traffic fatalities as
compared with 34 during the
same period in 1954.
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E. W. Feirell of The Dalles
spent lasf week visiting at the
home of his son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferrell.
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INSPECTING equipment of Children's Eye clinic at University of
Oregon medical school ore representatives of Oregon State Elks
association which has donated $5478 more to support clinic work
on needy children. Dr. John Weisel tells Hal Randall (seated).
Salem, Bob Mulvey, Oregon City, how odd looking apparatus
tests side vision.
RAINFALL RECORDS CONTINUE TO
FALL; OVER 3 INCHES IN JANUARY
A rising barometer and cooler
weather Tuesday and Wednes
day put a stop to continuing rain
which had fallen intermittently
for nearly a week, but not until
the rain guages in the area had
recorded up to 3.10 Inches so far
WEATHER MAN SAID
POSSIBLE SNOW FLURRIES I
Wednesday night's weather
report indicated that there
might be a few light snow flur
ries over Eastern Oregon by
Thursday night. . . the flurries
came about daylight today, but
forgot to leave and by noon
there was over two inches of
snow on the ground at Hepp
ner. A dropping barometer
and thermometer gave indica
tion of the possibility of more
to come.
for January. It makes the month
one of the wettest in many years.
Apparently the wettest spot is
in the Gooseberry section where
,eonard Carlson had checked in
3.10 inches up to Monday morn
ing. Heppner has recorded a to
tal of 2.36, inches for the month,
Committees Named
At C of C Meeting
A talk on U. S. Savngs bonds
was given by George Mimnaugh,
state savings bond chairman,
Portland, and a film on the na
tional debt shown at the noon
luncheon meeting of the chamber
of commerce last week at O'Don
nell's Cafe The group voted to
sponsor games for the band uni
form benefit carnival.
Committee chairman named by
Phil Blakney, president, include
for program: La Verne Van Mar
ter, first quarter, Joe Stewart,
second quarter, Robert Penland,
third quarter, Mrs. Mary Van
Stevens, fourth quarter; mer
chants: Allen Case, chairman,
Del Jordan, Dick Brunner, Roy
Quackenbush, 1 Clem Stockard,
John Pfeiffer, Frank Hamlin.
Special activities: Jack Flug,
chairman, Jack Bailey, Jack An
gel, Jack Loyd, Jack Bedford,
Paul Koenig; youth activities:
the Rev. George R. S. Little,
chairman, the Rev. Lester Boul
dcn, The Rev. Willis Geyer, Dr.
Clifford Wagner, the Rev. P. J.
Gaire; streets and transporta
tion: L. E. Dick, Jr., chairman,
Elmer Schmidt, Clarence Rose
wall, Roice Fulleton.
Public relations and member
ship: Frank Turner, chairman,
Dr. Ed Schaffitz, Newt O'Harra,
Garnet Barratt; acriculture and
resources: Orville Cutsforth,
chairman, Dr. James Norene,
Harold Dobyns, Alvin Wagen
blast, Al Lamb, J. R. Huffman;
recreation and wildlife: Dr. L. D.
Tibbies, chairman, Victor Krei
meyer, Dr. A. D. McMurdo, Tom
Wilson.
Legislative and government:
P. W. Mahoney, chairman, Garnet
Barratt, Allen Tom, Ralph Thomp
son; safe driving: Clarence Bau
man, James Farley, Clarence
Rosewall; audit and budget: Carl
F. Spauldlng, Howard Bryant and
Robert Grabill.
nearly an inch less than Goose
berry, which is contrary to usual
procedure. This compares with
only .56 inch at Heppner for the
entire month of January, 1955.
According to reports, nearly all
farm land in this section of the
county is well saturated and
some ranchers living off main
roads have been having trouble
getting to their ranches. Some
washing and erosion has been
caused by the heavier storms, but
crop and grass prospects have
been materially brightened.
Mrs. Etta Bristow
Taken by Death
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Etta Bristow at the lone
Community church Monday after
noon, Jan. 23 with Rev. Alfed
Shirley officiating. She passed
away at The Dalles hospital Jan.
21.
Etta Wade was born in Pied
mont, Kansas Feb. 7, 1888 and
oame to lone from Walla Walla
in 1905. She was married to
Edmund John Bristow in June
1906 and resided in lone until
her death. She was a member
of the lone Community church,
Willows grange and Bunchgrass
Rebekah lodge.
Pallbearers were her grand
sons, Tommy, John, Donald and
Jerry Bristow; Wayne Rietmann
and Ernest McCabe. Soloist was
Mrs. Lucy Peterson with Mrs.
Cleo Drake accompanist.
Survivors are one son, Edmund
and one daughter, Mrs. Lucille
Rietmann, both of lone; two bro
thers, Tom and Rolland Wade
and a sister, Mrs. Olive Swenson,
all of Walla, Walla; 10 grand
children, five great grandchild
ren and a number of nieces and
nehews. Another son, Walter,
died several years ago.
Interment was in the lone
cemetery with Creswick Mortu
ary in charge.
Relatives coming from a dist
ance to attend the services in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Swen
son, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Swenson,
Mrs. Robert Atkinson, Mrs, Am
brose Grassi and Mrs. Barnes, all
of Walla Walla; Mr. and Mrs.
Duane Hieschel, Kennewick; Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Warmuth and
daughters, Mildred and Mar
garet Bristow of Portland; Mr.
and Mrs. Tommy Bristow and
children of Portland; Mr. and
Mrs. John Bristow of Corvallis
and Jerry Bristow of La Grande,
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DAMAGE TRIAL OPENS
Judge William W. Wells con
vened circuit court here Wednes
day morning to hear the case of
Conboy, Hayes and Wheelhouse
versus William Jolljff. The
three are seeking damages as a
result of an accident which oc
curred last year south of Hepp
ner. The hearing is expected to take
at least two days.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Orwick left
Wednesday for Walla Walla
where they will be employed.
C of C Supports
Boardman Effort
For Air Base
Support was given to the
Boardman area Monday by the
chamber of commerce in its ef
fort to interest the Air Force in
establishing an Air Interceptor
Command base on the Boardman
bombing range. The chamber
passed a resolution which will be
sent to congressmen and senators
asking that the site be investi
gated.
The Boardman area has been
actively working to get an in
vestigating committee, which is
currently examining sites in Ore
gon and Washington, to look
over the bombing range location.
The air base which is to be
established somewhere in the
vicinity of the Portland area, is
the one which is in use at the
Portland airport but which the
Air Force has announced will be
moved . to a new location be
cause of the congestion in that
area. Stories appearing recently
reported that the committee is
investigating possible sites in
the Hillsboro, Salem and Astoria
areas in Oregon and in the vicin
ity of Vancouver, Wash. Resi
dents in the Boardman are, in
promoting that location, point
out that the government already
awns 12 square miles of land
which could easily be converted
to an air field. It is understood
that about 200o persons are to be
statio.ied at the base.
Emory Ray Moore
Dies Suddenly at
Monument Ranch
Funeral services for Emory Ray
Moore, 49 years of age, were held
Wednesday afternoon at Monu
ment. He passed away suddenly
January 21 at the Roy Cork ranch
near Monument.
Mr. Moore was born August 16,
1906 in Heppner and had lived
most of his life in this section of
the state. He had been a resi
dent of Monument Ir.r several
years.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Ellen D. Moore, Heppner;
his wife, Edna of Monument,
three daughters, Darlene Boyer,
Monument; Anita Cork, Rose
burg; Mary Jacqueline Moore of
Monument; one son Emory A.
Moore of Monument. He also
leaves four grandsons.
Interment was In the Monu
ment cemetery with Driskill's
Mortuary of John Day In charge
of arrangements.
Planning Talked
At 4-H Council
The Scuth Morrow 4-H club
council met Jan. 19 at the Andy
Van Schoiack home for a busi
ness meeting and general dis
cussion on needs and plans for
the coming year.
Junior leaders Janet Wright
and Judy Howton reported for
the IFYE committee and an
nounced that the committee has
plans for a dance to be held in
March to raise funds for IFYE
contribution. It was also re
ported that Miss Donna Lingle,
IFYE delegate to Greece from
Oregon will be in Morrow county
during March to tell of her trip
and show slides.
A committee was appointed to
formulate plans for observing
national 4-H club week in March.
Those named were Mrs. Herbert
Ekstrom, lone; Mrs. Kenneth Pal
mer, Lexington; Mrs. Jerry Bros
nan, Mrs. Lincoln Nash and Ray
Smith, Heppner.
Ray Smith was also announced
as a new leader of an electricity
project.
During the session members
divided into smaller groups to
discuss needs for help as lead
ers. These were reported to the
meeting and will be taken to the
state 4-H leaders conference to
be held Jan. 25-27 at Corvallis.
Gordon Hood OSC extension
service, was a visitor at the meet
ing and spoke briefly on the
conference.
Present at the meeting were
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Palmer,
Alfred Nelson, Harold Beach,
Lexington; Mrs. E. M. Baker, Mrs.
Herbert Ekstrom, Mrs. Louis
Carlson and Judy Howton, lone;
Mrs. Walter Wright, Mrs. Randall
Martin, Mrs. Jerry Brosnan, Janet
Wright, Miss Beverly Bradshaw,
Mrs. Lincoln Nash, Ray Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Van Blok
land, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Ander
son, Mickey Van Schoiack, Mr.
and Mrs. Andy Van Schoiack, all
of Heppner.
MRS. COLLIS MOORE of Moro
who last week announced her
intention to run for Republican
National Committeewoman. She
is now serving her second term
as chairman of the Sherman
county Republican Central
Committee and is on the exe
cutive committee of the Repub
lican state Central Committee.
Grange Reports
Improvements in
Drainage a! lone
A special committee on com
munity service and Improvement
of the lone Willows Grange re
ported at the regular grange
meeting last ' Sunday that steps
had been taken to remove, dan
gerous congestion in the channel
of Willow creek above town to
prevent plugging and possible
water damage in case of a flash
flood or heavy runoff of water.
The grange committee along
with members of the lone city
councifi and interested towns
people examined the creek chan
nel and found it badly plugged
with underbrush and debris and
a bulldozer and workers cleared
the channel.
Drainage through town was
also investigated and recom
mendations were made for carry
ing excess water in case of quick
runoff of heavy rains.
Every officer and committee
chairman was present at the Sun
day meeting which was held fol
lowing a potluck dinner. Guest
at the meeting was State Grange
deputy, Joe Gutteridge and Po
mona master Alvin Wagenblast.
of Lexington.
The committee on community
service and improvement con
sisting of O. L. Lundell, E. C.
Heliker and Hugh Sailer was ap
pointed as a standing committee
for the year by new master Mrs.
Hershal Townsend.
P-TA To Sponsor
Series of Food Sales
The Heppner Parent -Teacher
Association have made plans to
sponsor a series of four food
slos, to begin March 3.
Those in charge of the sales
which will be held at the Red
and White store are as follows:
March 3, 7th and 8th grades; Mrs.
Richard Wilkinson and Mrs. Paul
Jones; March 10, 1st and 2nd
grades; Mrs. Vivian White, Mrs.
Herman Green, Mrs. Merritt Gray
and Mrs. Richard Meador; March
17, 3rd and 4th grades; Mrs.
Alvin Wagenblast, Mrs. Oliver
Creswick, Mrs. Oscar George and
Mrs. John Pfeiffer; March 24, 5th
and 6th grades; Mrs. James
Healy, Mrs. William Turner, Mrs.
Jerry Daggett and Mrs. Jack Van
Winkle."
Episcopal Men to
Cook and Serve
Tuesday Night Supper
The men of All Saints' Episco
pal church will put on an all
men's supper Tuesday evening
at the parish house with the men
of the church preparing and serv
ing the meal. The supper is open
to the public.
A complete dinner menu is
planned by XhG group and the
meal will be served from C to
7:30, Cooks are to be Jack Bed
ford, Harold Johnston, Allen Case
and George Little. Other com
mittee members are: headwaiter,
W. C. Rosewall; chief dishwasher,
Alex Thompson; gate, Robert Fer
rell; ticket sales, La Verne Van
Martcr; waiters, Lowell Gribble,
Jack Loyd, Frank Anderson, Phil
Newitt; Charles O'Connor, Eddie
Gunderson, Bob Jones, Earl Gil
liam, Walter Wright and Bill Bar
ratt; the greeting committee will
consist of Dr. A. D. McMurdo and
the publicity committee, Bob
Penland.
Mothers March on
Polio Planned Tuesday
In 3 County Towns
A final push to put the 1956
March of Dimes drive over the
top is set for Tuesday evening
when the Mother's March on
Polio will be held in Heppner,
Lexington and lone. Other com
munities may also be planning
the March, hut definite informa
tion was not available.
Funds continue to come in,
county drive chairman. Floyd
Sayers, announced this week with
a heavy increase noted over last
week's figures and it is hoped
by the various committee mem
bers that the Tuesday night drive
will add several hundred dollars
to the fund.
In Heppner and lone the Boy
Scouts will be the solicitors dur
ing the Mother's March and in
Lexington the Cub Scouts will do
the footwork. Here the Scouts
plan to start their canvass by
about 6:45 p. m. and in Lexington
and lone it is planned to have
ihe boys out by at least 7 o'clock
Residents who wish to make do
nations to the polio fund are
asked to turn their porch lights
on that evening.
Results Below Last Year.
While funds collected during
Ihe past week raised the total
reported in the county to $1144.71,
the figure is still far under the
nearly $2500 collected during the
1955 drive.
The fund was aided materially
when the Heppner high school re
ported In $363.60 which was col
lected by the students during the
past weeks. The lone school also
turned in $79.76 and other county
schools are yet to be heard from.
Other areas to report are Hepp
ner, $551.40; lone, $139.95 and
Lexington $10.00. No returns
have been received from either
Irrigon or Boardman, but these
Heppner Conservation
District Meeting
Set For Tuesday
Featured speakers at the an
nual meeting of the Heppner Soil
Conservation District to bo held
Tuesday, January 31, at 7:30 p.
m. at the Lexington Grange hall,
will be Dr. Emery Castle, Oregon
State College economist, who will
speak on the "Economics of Coni
servation."
Included In the program will
be .a panel discussion on soil
conservation. Members of the
panel include Don Peterson,
Morrow county wheatgrowers;
Raymond French, Morrow County
Cattlemens' association; Jack
Bedford, Heppner branch, 1st Na
tional Bank; Jack Flug, county
school superintendent; Irwin
Rauch, Morrow County Farm Bu
reau; and Oscar Peterson, Po
mona Grange with Fair Griffin,
SCS area conservationist as the
moderator.
Election of two supervisors to
fill the expired terms of Ray
mond Lundell and John Wight
man" will be held and the 1956
annual report will be presented
by secretary N. C. Anderson. A
conservation film and refresh
ments will complete the program.
Present members of the board
include Newt O'Harra, chairman;
Don Peterson, vice chairman;
Raymond Lundell, treasurer, Ray
mond French and Wightman.
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R. Woolstenhulme
Dies January 18;
Rites at St. Helens
Robert Woolstenhulme, for
three years owner of Cal's Tav
ern in Heppner, died January 18
at St. Helens, Oregon. He was 45
years of age.
Mr. Woolstenhulme was born
February 10, 1910 at Wilford, Ida
ho. He lived in Heppner until
early in 1954 when he and his
wife sold their business and
moved to Sheridan, Ore. and then
to St. Helens.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday, Jan, 21 at Coleman
Mortuary in St. Helens and Inter
ment was In Bethany Memorial
cemetery at Warren, Oregon.
Survivors include his widow
Hazel, St. Helens; four brothers,
Ezra, St. Helens; Orval, North
Bend; Ralph, Tacoma; William,
St. Helens; one sister, Mrs. Helen
Reynolds, Sheridan; two .sons,
Bobby and Dennis of Gold Beach;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Woolstenhulme of Sheridan.
CUB SCOUT PACK MEETING
Cub Scout pack No. 61 will
meet Tuesday, January 31 at 7:30
p. m. in the multipurpose room
at the new school.
are expected within the next
few days.
An annual event at Cecil that
this year took the form of a card
party added $42.95 to the fund.
This year's fund raising event
was a card party put on by Mrs.
F. McClintock and Mrs. E. R.
Schaffer who made it plain that
though they were the sponsors
of the party, the affair could not
have been a success without the
wholehearted cooperation of the
entire community. A total of
nearly $75 has been sent In from
the Cecil community, It Is re
ported. Committee heads of the vari
ous sponsoring organizations for
Tuesday night's Mother's March
have asked that all residents
wishing to help the drive remem
ber to turn their porch light
on early.
Anna D. Miller
Services Held Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Doherty Miller, 55, were held
Tuesday morning at St. Patrick's
Catholic church. She died Satur
day In a Portland hospital follow
ing a long Illness.
Mrs. Miller was born In Hepp
ner June 23, 1900 and made her
home here until recent years
when she moved to Portland.
She was married to E. Harvey
Miller, who survives her, Nov. 11,
1925.
Survivors, besides her hus
band, are two daughters, Mrs.
Colleen A. Pinckney, Eugene, and
Marian A. Miller, Springfield; two
sons, Edwin Jr., Heppner, and
James B., Portland; seven sisters,
Mrs. Gertrude Applegate, Mrs.
Nora Turner, bot h of Heppner;
Mrs. Sarah McLaughlin, Tacoma,
Wn.. Mrs. - Margaret Howard,
Kent, Wn.; Mrs. Helen Dyer, Val-'
lejo, Calif.; four brothers, Francis
Doherty, Paul Doherty, both of
Heppner, Bernard Doherty, Lex
ington, and Eugene Doherty, Ta
coma, Wn.
Interment was In the Heppner
Masonic cemetery with Rev. Fran
cis P. Gaire officiating. Creswick
Mortuary was In charge of ar
rangements.
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First National Bank
Has Record Year in
1955 Figures Show
The vear 1955 was the best In
the 90-year history of First Na
tional bank of Portland, president
C. B. Stephenson told the annual
stockholders meeting Friday.
New all-time high marks in
earnings, deoosits, loans, number
of customers and In other fields
of banking activity were estab
lished by First National during
the past year, Stephenson tola
the shareholders.
Net earnings after taxes were
$5,412,884, equivalent to $3.38 per
share on the 1,600,000 shares of
stock outstanding at the end of
the year. The reported net earn
ings for 1955 are after making a
net addition of $1,210,000 to the
bank's reserve for possible loan
losses, thereby raising their re
serve to atotal of $3,981,980. The
reserve has not been allocated to
any particular loans, or types of
loans, but represents a cushion
against loan losses If and when
they should be experienced In the
future.
Previous hleh In net profits
was reached during 1954, when
earnings were $554,666, or $352
ner share. Gross operating earn
ings for 1955 were $31,652,251, up
from $28,617,837 the previous
year.
Nearly 33 per cent of the total
gross earnings was distributed
to the bank's 2,602 employes In
the form of salaries, wages and
benefits. Second biggest oper
ating expense was Interest paid
on savings, which amounted to
17.45 per cent of the total.
The bank's Increased earnings
were attributed mainly to the
largest loan volume in the Insti
tution's history. The very active
demand for funds to meet the
requirements of the people of
Oregon resulted in a record year
end loan total of $420,674,522,
an Increase of 14 per cent over
the pevious year.
Record high total deposits of
$821,125,576 at year-end were up
$36 million over December 31,
1954. The bank president empha
sized that Increased savings de
posits were an important factor in
the growth.