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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 2, 1956
72nd Year, Number 47
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Thermometers
COLD WAVE
EQUALS YEAR'S
RECORD LOW
For the third night in a row
the mercury dropped to below
zero as Heppner's official read
ing this (Thursday) morning
was -4 degress. Weather fore
casts gave some hope of grad
ual waiming in the next few
days.
However those who believe
the legend of the ground hog
won't want to put their wool
lies back in moth balls just yet
Today is ground hog day and
if the little fellow could thaw
out enough to peek out he
definitely saw his shadow.
Clear skies and a bright sun
this week did practically nothing
towards warming up a well-
frozen Morrow county which has
shivered for the past three days
under temperatures that have
dropped as low as 8 degrees be
low zero in Heppner and even
much colder in other nearby
areas.
A mass of extremely cold high
pressure air from Canada has
covered practically the entire
northwest since Monday and has
forced temperatures here down to
5 early Tuesday morning and -8
Tuesday ' night and Wednesday
morning. Those readings were
official government temperatures
taken in Heppner, but several
residents reported thermometers
dropping to -10 an -11 Wednes
day morning. Coldest spot in the
county apparently was the Rhea
creek area around Ruggs where
unofficial thermometers regis
tered as low as 22 below zero
Wednesday morning and -20
early Tuesday. The readings
there were almost identical to
those during November's cold
spell when Heppner had a low of
-8 nnd several Rhea Creek ther
mometers dropped to -20.
Reports of 10 and 11 below on
Wednesday morning were re
ceived from Lexington and lone
and even colder temperatures
were recorded in north end of the
county.
Snow Cover Deep.
Not too much concern was felt
by. farmers as the cold weather
came on the heels of two fairly
heavy snow storms, the last on
Sunday, which covered the entire
area with up to seven and eight
inches of snow. Very little addi
tional damage was expected to
wheat though many barley fields
will probably have to be reseed
ed in the spring. It is thought
that quite a little barley was
frozen out during the earlier
freezing weather in November.
Should the cold weather continue
over a long period, damage could
result however.
The cold weather followed a
week during which considerable
snow fell over the entire state.
Snow started falling here late
Saturday night and continued
through most of Sunday adding
nearly three inches to the already
packed layer of nearly that same
amount. Highways were nearly
all clear and largely dry by Tues
day but most city streets were a
solid glare of packed snow and
Ice which caused innumerable
driving difficulties. Many cars
without chains were unable to
get away from the. curbs unless
aided, but police have had no re
ports of any serious accidents
due to the slick roads.
As usual plumbers were booked
solidly thawing out frozen pipes
and fuel oil distributors were
busy keeping up with the de
mand for heating oil.
Weather forecasts late Wednes
day told of more of the same dur
ing the next couple of days, but
with gradually rising tempera
tures during that period. The
barometer stood at the extremely
high reading of 30.71 Wednesday
and was still rising slowly, indi
cating that the cold high pressure
air mass was still located in the
northwest.
Daytime temperatures Tuesday
and Wednesday remaining low,
never rising to 20 degrees.
As a sidelight on the cold wea
ther, a check of official figures in
Heppner showed that the lowest
temperature ever recorded here
was -18 which has occurred sev
eral times during the past 45
' years. Unofficial lows of -35 have
been recorded in news stories
however.
By contrast, in case anyone is
interested, the highest official
temperature seen in Heppner was
108 degrees. It was recorded here
July 25, 1928.
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BARBARA WARREN, Heppner high school senior and daughter of
Mr ana Mrs. c. A. Warren of Heppner who was severely injured
over a month ago in an auto accident is getting her education by
remote control. Though she will be confined to a hospital bed for
some time yet she hopes to be able to earn the necessary credits
to let her graduate with the rest of her class next June. Here she
is shown in her hospital bed with the master control end of her
two-way communication system that connects her with classes at
Heppner high school and lets her hear what is going on at school
as well as ask questions of her teacher. The system was installed
about two week3 ago by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
and is used about two hours a day by Miss Warren.
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ham. Heppner high school instructor Is the other half of Barbara's
Pacific Telephone inter com system which lets her attend classes
in English and social economics. She can hear not only the
teacher's voice but those of the students and by merely pressing
a button on the unit beside her bed she can talk to the class at
school. She goes to school daily, via the speaker system, from 9:45
t0 11:45 a.m. (GT Photos)
NEAR-RECORD RAINFALL RECORDED
JERE DURING THE
Though January ended up in a
flurry of extreme cold, it was one
of the wettest Januaries in the
45 years that weather records
have been kept here. Only once
since 1910 has more rain fallen
during that month than was re
corded here last month.
A total precipitation of 2.74
inches was recorded in Heppner
by Len Gilliam, government wea
ther observer, during the past
month. This is five times that
which fell in January 1955 and
came within .07 of equalling the
all-time January record of 2.81
nches checked in January 1918.
The 10-year average for the
month is less than one and one
quarter inches.
Wet as it was, Heppner still
had to take a back seat to some
of the other sections of the county
during the. month just ended.
Leonald Carlson, weather obser-
Three Plaintiffs
Win Damage Suit
A jury of 12 men late Friday
awarded damages totaling $19,
834 to the three plaintiffs in the
case of Hayes, Conboy and Wheel
house versus William Jolllff. The
trial was a result of an automo
bile accident south of Heppner
July 18, 1954 in which one man,
Bill Wickland, was killed.
Each of the three plaintiffs had
sued for damages of $50,000 and
were granted as follows: Melvln
Hayes, $5,685; Leslie Conboy,
$6,677; Roy P. Wheelhouse, $7,
472. The trial lasted three days and
was heard by circuit Judge Wil
liam W. Wells.
lone Girl to Appear
On TV Program
Miss Janet Howton of lone, a
studenj at Pacific University at
Forest Grove, will appear on the
television program, Wide, Wide
World Feb. 12 when the Gay 90s
celebration at Forest Grove will
be televised. The program Is
scheduled from 1 to 2:30 p. m.
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PAST MONTH
ver at Gooseberry found the rain
fall last month set an all-time
record for his area with a total
of 3.58 inches. Even the North
lone and Lexington areas got a
good soaking during the month,
though the precipitation there
didn't equal that in the southern
section of the county.
Rainfall during January for
the past seven years has been:
1955, .56; 1954, 1.16; 1953, 1.74;
1952, .89; 1951, 1.04 and 1950, 2.59.
Dedication Plans
Made for School
Preliminary plans have been
made for the dedication of the
new Heppner grade school, it was
revealed this week by school of
ficials. No definite date has been set
by the school board as a few
pieces of equipment still remain
to be installed in the new build
ing which has been in complete
use since the first of the year.
Among the equipment still to
come is the cyclorama for the
multi-purpose room and verta
blinds In the office windows.
Contractors rushed to complete
a few of the classrooms in the
building so that elementary
classes which had been housed in
church basements and other out
side rooms during the past year,
could start the first of the 1955-56
school year in the new building.
Since then the remainder of the
buiiding, except for landscap
ing, has been completed and
when classes resumed following
the Christmas holidays, all the
rooms were occupied.
It was announced that "Scottie"
Steele, of Simonton and Steele,
Portland contractors who con
structed the building, has accept
ed an invitation to participate in
the dedication ceremony with a
group of Scotch dancers and pi
pers with whom he works.
The board said the dedication
date would probably be announ
ced in the nar future.
Several Indicate
Intention to Run
For County Posts
With the filing deadline only
a little more than 30 days off,
several aspirants for county of
fices this week indicated that
they intended to run for election
or re-election.
First to -announce her candi
dacy was Mrs. Fred (Sadi?) Par-
rish who declared her intention
to file as a Republican candidate
for county clerk. Mrs. Parrish is
deputy in the office under clerk
Bruce Lindsay and has served
there since 1948. For several
months during the illness and
death of former clerk Charles Bar
low, Mrs. Parrish served as act
ing clerk by appointment of the
county court. Lindsay, a Demo
crat was elected to the office in
1954 to fill Barlow's unexpired
term. He also announced late
Wednesday that he will run
again for his present office.
Other county officials who in
dicated this week that they will
file for re-election in the near
future are C. J. D. Bauman,
sheriff, and Mrs. Carl (Sylvia)
McDanlel, treasurer. Bauman has
held the sheriff's post for many
years and Mrs. McDaniel was ap
pointed treasurer last May fol
lowing the resignation of Mrs.
Lucy Rodgers.
It is also understood that
county commissioner, Russell
Miller of Boardman plans to run
for re-election though early this
week he was not available to
verify the story.
The only other two county of
ficers who will be up for re-elec
tion this year are justices of the
peace J. O Hager of Heppner and
William Garner of Boardman.
Neither have yet filed.
Mother's March
Aids Dimes Drive
Nearly $200 was added to the
county March of Dimes fund on
Tuesday night as a result of the
Mother's March on Polio in Hepp
ner. The Tuesday night canvas
sing of homes was done by Boy
Scouts. No reports have been re
ceived yet on the results of the
Mother's March in lone and Lex
ington.
The exact amount of contribu
tions in Tuesday night's drive
was $199.27 it was revealed to
day by Mrs. Velma Glass, drive
chairman. $38.35 was collected
by members of the Beaver patrol
whose high boy was Joe Billow
with $21.37. The Cobra patrol
collected $98.14 and Jim Farra
was high with $30.40. The Moose
patrol collected $60.78 and John
Stratton was high with $15.13.
An additional $2.00 was added to
the fund by a resident who was
missed by the boys and turned
in his contribution Wednesday
morning.
Following their work in the
near-zero weather, the boys were
fed by members of the Soropti
mist club. The boys were aided
in their cold job by Bill Farra,
Ken Keeling and Mrs. Velma
Glass who provided them with
transportation.-
The addition of the Tuesday
night collections raised the county
total to $1,537.18 it was revealed
this week. This is still several
hundred dollars below last year,
but there are also several com
munities that have not reported
their contributions.
A breakdown of contributions
shows Heppner $614; Heppner
high school $363.60; Heppner Mo
ther's March $199.27; .Lexington
$10; lone $195.45; lone school
$79.86; Cecil $75.
Hunters and Anglers
To Elect Officers
There will be a meeting of
the Morrow County Hunters and
Anglers club Monday, Feb. 6 at
8 p. m. at the courthouse it was
announced this week.
Vic Kreimeyer, forest ranger,
will give a short compass course;
Ken Keeling will give a short
map course and the club will ac
cept orders for large maps of the
local area. A film is also sche
duled. Election of new officers is also
announced.
Heppner Students To
Take Part in Coast
Press Conference
Nine Heppner high school stu
dents are scheduled to attend the
1956 all-coast press clinic in
Seattle Feb. 23, 24 and 25.
This meeting will be the ninth
annual all-coast press clinic held
under the sponsorship of the Pa
cific Slope School Press.
Eight states will be represented
at the conference. Oregon, Cali
fornia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Utah and Washington. "Explor
ing Journalism" is the theme of
the convention.
Three from Heppner are taking
part in the program. Mrs. Joyce
Wilkinson, journalism advisor,
will speak on "Variety in Editor
ials and Features" at a sectional
meeting; Meredith Thomson will
be the student chairman of the
meeting entitled "Writing the
News Lead"; and James Mona
han will be a panel speaker on
the panel entitled "How to Im
prove Mimeographed Papers."
Other students attending the
conference will be Skip Ruhl, Jay
Sumner, Karen Prock, Shirley
Palmer, Virginia Andresen, Edith
Morris and Dale Osmin.
Mountain Snow
Pack Nearly
Double Last Year
Water content of the Arbuckle
mountain snow pack averages 38
percent above the 25 year aver
age and 83 percent more than last
year at this time, according to
snow measurements taken Tues
day, Jan. 31, on the Arbuckle
mountain snow course.
Tom Wilson, Soil Conservation
Service, and Richard Meador, of
Heppner, reported 46 inches of
snow with a water content of
11.0 inches. Measurements taken
last year at this time showed a
snow depth of 24 inches with 6.0
inches of water Comparable
measurements in 1914 were 34.5
inches of snow with 9.2 inches f
water and in 1953, 28.8 inches of
snow with 11.2 inches of water.
A water content of 8.0 inches
is the 25 year average for this
time of year according to records
of federal and state cooperative
snow surveys. Soils are wet and
unfrozed beneath the snow pack,
Wilson reported. In addition to
the water stored in the snow .pack
considerable water has already
left the watershed during the
last two months which did not
occur last year.
Icy Streets Cause
Truck and Three
Car Smashup
Three cars belonging to Leslie
Conboy, Roy Wheelhouse and
William Jolliff suffered a total
of several hundred dollars dam
age last Friday when they were
struck by a truck which went out
of control on icy streets.
The three cars were parked on
Court street near the courthouse
while their owners, plaintiffs and
defendant in an accident damage
suit being held at the courthouse,
were at the trial. The truck,
owned and driven by Luke Bibby
of Heppner slid on the icy hill
beside the courthouse and crashed
into the first car knocking it into
the other two machines. No one
was injured.
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Mineral and Gem
Display Shown Club
R. A. Bentley of Haines, Oregon
was guest speaker at the meeting
of the Morrow county Gem and
Mineral club last Wednesday.
He showed a beautiful collection
of gems and minerals mostly
from the northwest. Harold San
ders showed a collection of stones
under short wave flourescent
light. Another member of the
club also displayed a unique
piece of work done from lowly
greasewood and stones.
All club members and six
guests were present.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pfelfier left
Saturday to spend a few days in
Portland on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brunner
left Monday for San Francisco
where he will attend a J. C. Pen -'
ney Co. meeting.
ELMO E. SMITH, John Day newspaper publisher, who succeeded to
the office of Governor of Oregon Wednesday morning following
the sudden death Tuesday night of Governor Paul L. Patterson.
John Day
Is Governor Following
Death of Paul Patterson
Elmo E. Smith, John Day, pub
lisher of the Blue Mountain Eagle
and an associute in the Madras
Pioneer, both weekly newspapers,
took the oath ot office as Gover
nor of Oregon early Wednesday
morning, loss than 12 hours after
the death of Governor Taul L.
Governor Paul L. Patterson
Lexington To Host
County Schools For
Speech Festival
With the addition of two judges
from Eastern Oregon College, ar
rangements for the Morrow
county speech festival to be held
in Lexington neared the comple
tion stage.
Dr; Alvin R. Kaiser, head of the
english department, and Richard
G. Hiatt of the speech depart
ment have given notice that they
will rate contestants in the
county-wide event scheduled for
March 6. Dr. Kaiser has served
in this capacity previously while
Hiatt is new to the EOC staff.
At present, plans for the festi
val include speech competition
on elementary and secondary
levels starting at 1:30 p. m. with
a one-act play festival rounding
out the program at 7 v. m.
In an effort to stimulate high
school competition In the annual
contest, publicity campaigns
have been conducted at all the
county high schools. In the some
line arrangements call for high
school competitors to receive
bronze medals as first place
awards in all events.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cohn re
turned from Fort Worth, Texas
where they attended- a Wool
Growers Convention for a week.
Dr. and Mrs. James Norene
were in Portland last wetk for
three days while Dr. Norene at
tended a meeting of the Oregon
State Veterinary Medicine Asso
ciation. Roice Fulleton left Monday on
a business trip to Portland.
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Patterson, who suffered a heart
attack Tuesday night in Port
land. Governor Patterson's death oc
curred at 9:50 Tuesday night at
the Arlington club in Portland
where he Wasr conferring with
associates about his campaign
for United States senator. Only
three days before he had an
nounced that he would run for
the senate seat now held by
Wayne Morse.
The new governor, also a Re
publican, is well known in state
political circles, succeeding to the
state's highest office by virtue of
his position as president of the
Oregon senate. He has served
three terms as state senator from
the 21st district which comprises
Grant, Malheur and Harney
counties and was elected presi
dent of the senate in January
1955. Smith, 46, was born In
Colorado but has lived in Oregon
for 23 years. He began his news
paper career at Ontario where he
founded a weekly newspaper.
His political career also started
there, for he served as mayor of
Ontario for 13 years, first being
elected to the position when he
was 30 years old.
Smith served several years In
the Navy during World War II
and in 1946 sold his Ontario paper
and in 1948 purchased the Blue
Mountain Eagle in John Day
where he has since made his
home. The new governor's in
terests during his terms in the
senate Included chairmanship of
or membership on roads and
highways committee, livestock
committee, game, labor and in
dustries committees and others.
He is intensly interested in water
resources development.
Patterson Known Here
Paul Patterson was well known
in Heppner having been here
about two years ago to speak at
a special banquet in his honor
and also at a county tax meet
ing. He was a personal friend of
many residents of this area.
Funeral services have been set
for 2 p. m. Friday in the house
of representatives chamber at
Salem.
Smith, when advised of Pat
terson's death, was at his home
in John Day. He left about mid
night for Salem in a state police
car, arriving there about 6 a. m.
He took the oath of office, ad
ministered by Chief Justice Har
old J. Warner, at 9:36 Wednesday
morning.
Smith will hold office until the
general election this fall and he
has given no indication as to
whether he will seek election.
Should he choose to run, he will
have to file for the primaries be
fore March 9.
CLUB TO MEET
The Eastern Star social club
will meet Saturday at 1:30 p. m.
at the Heppner Masonic temple.