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L I BKARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. tme Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 15, 1956 73rd Year, Number 1 Senate Passes "Domestic Parity" Plan For Wheat The senate Tuesday passed a "domestic parity'" or two-price plan for wheat which, if ultimate ly accepted, will pay 100 percent price supports for wheat used as human food in the United States. The plan was part of the omni bus farm bill and passed by a vote of 54 to 39. The announcement was made to this paper by a telegram from senators Wayne Morse and Rich ard Neuberger. It was also car ried yesterday by wire services, The senators' telegram stated that, "this offers Oregon wheat growers hope for the program for which we have long worked and which embodies the objectives of the McNary-Haugen plan ... the Oregon Wheat League which was represented at the capitol by such men as Jack Smith, Floyd Root and Marion Weatherford de serves much of the credit for this victory". According to present informa tion, the new wheat proposal could not operate until the 1957 crops. A more complete explanation of some of the sections of the proposed farm bill, including the workings of the soil bank plan, etc, will be found in the county agent's column elsewhere in to days paper. Boardman Hearings Set For Annexation A public hearing relative to two proposals for the annexation of land adjacent to the city of Boardman has been set for 8 pm. April 4 at the Greenfield Grange hall in Boardman. The Board man city council recently ac cepted petitions asking for the annexation of the land and set the date for the hearings. - The two separate tracts, one of 40 acres and the other approxi mately 80 acres connect with the 'present city of Boardman. The smaller of the two areas includes what is known as Ewing's addi tion and lies between the pre sent south city limits of the town and highway 30. All of the new businesses built along the highway are included in this section. The other area lies east and north of the present town and includes the school buildings, which sre now located outside the city boundary, and all land lieing between the city and the river. The annexation proposals have come up as a result of recent discussions over the possible fate of Boardman as an incorporated town when the John Day dam is built. Regardless of the height of the dam, the entire town will be drowned out by backwater. Legal notices calling for the hearing and giving full descrip tion of the areas proposed for annexation appear elsewhere in today's paper. Holy Land Subject Of lone Church Meet Colored slides of the Holy Land will be shown at the lone Com munity church on Thursday, March 22 at 7 p. m. it was an nounced this week. The Rev. H. P. Scounce of the Hermiston First Baptist church will bring along with his pic tures, stones picked up in differ ent sacred spots, gold, frankin cense, myrrh and mustard seed, all mentioned in the Bible. His collection also includes anise, cummin and a crown of thorns from Golotha, a cone from -the cedars of Lebanon, alabaster and a brick from the walls of Jericho. He also has something from King Tut's tomb in Egypt. The intermediate Sunday school class invited Rev. Sconce to tell of his recent trip as a result of their Sunday school lessons during January and the class invites the public to hear Rev. Sconce. o CHURCH APPROVES PLANS FOR NEW PARSONAGE Sunday morning the congrega tion of the Churh of Christ in Heppner approved plans for the new parsonage submitted by the parsonage committee. The new residence will be built on the location of the old building re cently torn down and construe tion is expected to start the first of April. IONE SCHOOL FUN NIGHT held forth a lot of fun, laughs and entertainment for both students and parents. Students from all grcdes took part, as did many of the parents, in some phase of the program. Shown in this photo is the grade school father-son basketball game in which the kids showed up their dads by winning 8 to 7. Though the score wasn't high, the action was fast and there was no doubt as to which team was in the better condition. Jack Loyd Named On School Board Jack Loyd, Heppner manager of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber com pany,, late last week was ap pointed to the board of school district No. 1 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of E. H. Collison who moved to Ritz ville, Washington. County school superintendent Jack Flug made the appointment. Loyd will serve until the next school election about the middle of June. Funeral Services For Alfred E. Turner Held at Boardman Alfred Edward Turner, a resi dent of Boardman and formerly of Ion?, died March 6 at Ontario, Oregon. He was 49 years of age. Mr. Turner was born June 29, 1906 at Burbank, Calif, and with the exception of a period in the armed forces he spent most of his life in the lone and Board man vicinity. During the war he ssrved in the 701 Signal Corps of the Air Force. After his dis charge he returned to Boardman where he made his home. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Albert Lindstrom, lone; two brothers. Lee Turner, La Grande and Ralph Turner, Island City, and numerous nieces and nep hews. Ha was preceeded in death by his parents and an elder bro ther. Services were held Monday at the Community church in Board man with Rev. A. E. Davis of Pendleton officiating. Interment was in the Boardman cemetery. Heppner Civic League To Sponsor Spring Style Show Wednesday The Heppner Civic League is sponsoring a benefit Spring style show Wednesday evening, March 21 at 8:00 p. m. In the Elks club lounge, to which the public is invited. The committee in charge is Mrs. Philip Blakney, Mrs. Larry Dowen, Mrs. James Norene, Mrs. Bradley Fancher and Mrs. Wil liam Labhart Models will wear clothes from Mary Van's Dress Shop, Wilson's Men's Wear, Norah's, J. C, Pen ney Co. and Gonty's. Mrs. Labhart will be the nar rator. Those modeling will be Mrs. Paul Koenig, Mrs. Tom Wilson, Mrs. Ray Myrick, Mrs. Jack Loyd, Mrs. Fred Sanders, Mrs. William Sowell, Mrs. Wallace Wolff, Mrs. Richard Wells, Mrs. Robert Pen land Mrs. Velma Glass, Mrs. Ray mond Ferguson, Mrs. Lyle Mat teson, Mrs. Frank Connor, Mrs. Elbert Cox, Miss Janice Beamer, Douglas Gribble, Miss Janice Martin, Miss Phyllis Quacken bush, Miss Meredith Thomson, Miss Karerj Prock, Miss Judy Wright, James Monahan, Skip RuN, Dick Ruhl, Karen and Janet McCurdy, Jody Fancher, Jackie Angel, Colleen Brenner, Rick Brunner, Johnny Koenig, Sheri Lynn O'Brien, Mark Labhart, Gary Dowen, Mi's. Bradley Fan cher, Mrs. P. W. Mahoney and Mrs. Wrillard Blake. Tickets will be on sale at the door. last Friday even.ng under the sponsorship of the lone P-TA brought rX (Vv Liinnif r - umiiniini mm ii m ii i initii "lBf J .... GIRLS' TUMBLING TEAM put on a show for their parents and other studonts during the lone P-TA Fun Night Friday. Shown in this photo are some of the team members. From top to bottom, Leann Pcdbsrg, Kay Sherer, Mardine Baker and Billie Seehafer. In the foreground is Linda Heimbigner and the feet wrapped around her neck belong to Brenda Townsend. (Photos by Grant Rigby) Lexington Grange Hears Agriculture And Water Report Lexington Grange met Satur day evening and heard a report by agriculture chairman, Kenneth Smouse, on the recent meeting held with the Pomona agriculture chairman. The ground water situation was discussed and a committee was appointed to make a report on the progress made at a later meeting. A report was given concerning private power companies placing demand meters on rural electric installations in Southern Oregon. A committee was appointed to investigate the possibility of such an occurance in this area and to determine what steps could be taken to prevent it. Edith Miller, home economics chairman, reported .the next meeting of that group would be held March 15 at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Smouse with Mrs. Ella Burgoyne as assisting hos tess. First and second degrees were exemplified for Mr. and Mrs. Al Lamb, Fat Majecke and Bill Bar ratt. A corsage was presented to Mrs. Helen Nelson for her ser vices as secretary during the past year. Following the meeting lunch was served by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Millard No an Mr. and Mrs. George Irvin and Marie Steagall. NO CIVIC LEAGUE MEETING MONDAY NIGHT There will be no Heppner Civic League meeting Monday night due to a scheduled style show practice that evening. Y - ' U til 0 .V-rv V Heppner Band and Chorus Set Concert The Heppner high school band and chorus under the direction of Norman Peters will present their spring concert Tuesday evening, March 2rj in the multipurpose room of the new grade school. A full program has been sche duled including several solo and ensemble numbers. It will start at 8 p. m. and there will be no admission charge. o Finders Not Keepers If the person who lost a female golden cocker spaniel a few weeks ago will contact either Mrs, Ervin Anderson or Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, they can get their dog back. Along with the mother they may also claim three of the five pups which have been born to her underneath the floor of the Anderson.s storeroom. There were five little cockers, but already two have found new homes. Because of complaints that the babies kept neighbors awake at night, they are now in the cus tody of the sheriff who will be forced to put an end to family life unless the brood is claimed within a couple of days. o MANY ATTEND MEETING Twenty-six youth and adult sponsors attended the Columbia district CE convention at Athena last week. The Heppner Chris tian church group had the largest representation. 0 1 Lewis Cose of Elgin, former Heppner resident, was here on business the first of the week. HEPPNER CENTER FOR 4,000 SQ. MILE SOCIAL SECURITY SERVICE AREA Few people in Heppner realize- that this city is a servicing center (or Social Security matters con corning people living in an area of close to -1000 sq. mites. Persons from as far away as Fossil and Arlington come here to discuss their Social Security problems with representatives of the La Grande district office who come to Heppner on monthly visits. Vernon A. Welo, district mana ger of the La Grande office re ports that as many as fifty peo ple from Morrow, Gilliam, and Wheeler counties may come in to see the Social Security represen tative, and that an average of five claims for benefits is taken on each trip. Farmers who were first covered by Social Security Nine Highway Dept. Employees Receive Safe-Driver Awards SALEM The Oregon State Highway Commission's mainten ance division, through W. M. Strohmeyer, equipment operation supervisor, has announced 9 high way department employees in this area have been awarded safe drivers awards for 1955. These awards are distributed among maintenance employees of the highway department who drive 55 per cent of the time on their jobs during the full calen dar year. The drivers' records are kept and checked each month on a safety record card by the foreman. Awards are made only to drivers who have no charge able accidents during the year. The men in this area who have received Safe Drivers awards in clude the following. Frank Davidson, 5 years; Oscar G. Breeding, 6 year; Alfred L. Pear son, 3 year; Edwin C. Wilson, 6 year and Dallas D. McDaniel, 1 year; all in the Heppner district. Nathaniel A. Macomber, Elvin L. Ely, Charles L. Potts, Nathan Thorpe, all of Boardman and all 6 year awards. Award cards were presented by W. W. Stiff ler, assistant state highway engineer, of Salem. Heppner SC District Puts Up Funds for Porcupine Contest Supervisors of the Hopper Soil Conservation district contributed $25 from distiict funds toward prizes and bounties in a porcu pine contest sponsored by the Morrow County Hunters and Ang lers club at a meeting Tuesday night at the bank building. Vic Kreimeyer, porky contest chairman, reported increasing damage to trees and shrubs in forest and farmland areas and stated the game club has set a goal of 2500 porkles this year compared to 400 turned in for the contest last year. The need for a new grass seed ing drill to meet demands of dis trict cooperators was discussed and plans made for a special meeting to consider the pur chase of another drill. Experimentation with Volga wild rye as a nesting cover and protection for birds in soil too shallow for trees was reported by Jonh Ely, Pendleton, state game commission, who met with the commission and the soil district. About 50,000 roots or cloves of the grass, from which it is started, are available for fall seeding, he said. New species of shrubs be ing tested for bird food are sand cherry, Nanking cherry and Con toneaster The commission will continue to cultivate tree plantings and replace dead stock in plantings already established in the dis trict and could install about 10 more bird guzzlers in the area this fall, Ely said. Present bird guzzlers are filled with mud from the wet season and will be cleaned out. The board voted to send letters of thanks to the chamber of com merce for the dinner served dur ing the successful erosion control tour held this month and to the Heppner Pine Mills and county road crews for materials and as sistance in seting up district boundary signs. Attending the session were Newt O'Harra, Lexington; Donald Peterson and Raymond Lundell, lone; John Wightman, N. C. An derson, Heppner; Kreimeyer, Ely and Vic Case, Pendleton, state game commission official, o LEGION AUXIUARY TO MEET The American Legion auxiliary will meet Tuesday evening, March 20 at 8:00 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Harold Cohn with Mrs. J. J. Farley as assistant hostess. in 1955 often contact the repre tentative to find out how to ob tain Social Security cards and how to report their farm income. A representative of the La Grande office will next be in Heppner Wednesday, March 28. He will be at the city hall from 9.00 a. m. until noon. Red Cross Money Comes in Slowly By Tuesday the Morrow county Red Cross drive had collected a total of only $170 it was report ed today by Dick Brunner, drive chairman. The figure includes $27.25 from the Heppner schools with Shirley Kononen and James Monahan in charge of the school drive. To date no returns have been received from outlying areas and the receipts amount to only about 20 percent of the $2,818 quota. A special fund-raising drive will be held next Saturday by members of the Future Business Leaders of America organized at Heppner high school. The stu dents will hold a car wash at the rear of Rosewall Motor company with all the day's proceeds to go to the Red Cross. According to Brunner, solici tors who have made reports to date are Mrs. Lowell Gribble, Mrs. J. J. Nys. Mrs. Jack Loyd, Mrs. James Monahan and Jack Bailey. Business district solici tors turning in funds include Del Jordan, Howard Bryant, Jack Van Winkle and Bill Collins. Checks have also been received from the Hpppner American Legion and the Lexington Grange. Safflower Contract Date is Extended Pacific Oilseeds Co. of Wood land, Calif., recently advised county agent N. C. Anderson, that it will accept contracts for Saf flower production until March 17. The company had originally expected to accept contracts only until March 1, but due to the late season the date has been ex tended. - The extension will still give ample time to make up seed or ders and get them Into this area. In Morrow county contracts have been signed for 900 acres of Safflower for 1956 which is al most double the acreage seeded last year. Growers who have signed con tracts are Ted Palmateer, Mor gan; Kenneth Smouse, Pete Can non and Henry Gorger, lone; O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington and H. and H. Evans, Heppner. Heppner FFA Student Wins State Farmer Degree at Convention Seventy-seven Oregon high school Future Farmers of Amer ica have been named winners of state farmer degrees highest state award given to high school youths taking agriculture class es. One of the winners was Bob Stevens of Heppner. Announcement of the 1956 win ners was made Tuesday at the 28th annual state FFA convention at OSC. Winners will, receive a special farm degree pin. The number of state farmer degrees is limited each year to two per cent of the total state member ship in FFA. To qualify for the degree, the boys must prove outstanding in chapter activities and individual farming programs. They are judged on their supervised farm ing project, activities and accom plishments in their chapter, and knowledge of farming and FFA work. Llewellyn Robbins is chaper adviser and instructor. Heppner Student to Receive Nurse's Cap Sixty-one student nurses of Good Samaritan hospital school of nursing will receive their caps at an impressive ceremony to be held at Trinity Episcopal church in Portland Friday evening, March 16. Miss Joan Wright of Heppner will be receiving her cap at this ceremony. Rev. Lansing E. Kempton, rec tor of Trinity will be officiating, and The right Reverend .Ben ja min D. Dagwell, Bishop of Ore gon will be the speaker. Complete List of Filings Indicates Long Primary Ballot Only one additional filing for political office was made at the county clerk's office last week just prior to the deadline Friday evening. That was by R. B. Rands of Boardman who filed for justice of the peace in the combined Boardman-Irrigon district. The late filing assures a race in the Boardman and Irrigon pre cincts for that post as Gustave Fisher of Irrigon had previously filed for the position. That will be the only local race in Morrow county at the primary election May 18 as there are no other political positions where more than one member of each party filed for the post. On only one case, that of county clerk, will there be a local contest in the general election next fall. Pre sent clerk Bruce Lindsay, Demo crat and Mrs. Sadie Parrish, Re publican are both seeking the position, but they have no com petition in the primaries. Local Filings Many. ... A complete list of filings for county offices shows: clerk, Lind say, Dem., Sadie Parrish, Rep.; tresaurer, Sylvia McDaniel, Rep.; sheriff, C. J. D. Bauman, Rep.; county commissioner, Russell Mil. ler, Boardman, Rep.; coroner, Oli ver Creswick, Rep.; Justice of the peace, Heppner, J. O. Hager. Democratic committeemen and committeewomen: Al Lamb, Heppner; Bruce Lindsay, Hepp ner; Lloyd Howton, lone; C. N. Jones, Heppner; Newt O'Harra, Lexington; Barbara Cutsforth, Lexington. Republican committeemen and committeewomen: Rachel Dick, Harold Becket, Robert Penland, Olive B. Hughes, Mildred Wright, all of Heppner; Margaret Troed son, lone, Donald Hatfield, and Lucille Peck, Lexington; Dewey West Jr. and Myra Skoubo, of Boardmn; William R. D. Allen, irrigon. State and National Offices Filings for state and national offices which will be voted on by residents of this county In clude: President Dwight D. Elsen hower, Rep. No Dem. U. S. Senator Douglas McKay, Philip S. Hitchcock, George Al vater and Elmer Deetz, all Rep.; Wayne Morse and Woody Smith, Dems. Governor Elmo Smith and Earl L. Dickson, Rep.; Robert D. Holmes and Lew Wallace, Dem. Congress, 2nd district Sam Coon, Rep.; All Ullman and A. E. Glidewell, Dem. Secretary of State Mark Hat field and William E. Healy, Rep.K Monroe Sweetland, Dem. State Treasurer Sig Unander, Rep.; Al M. Richardson and Wiley W. Smith, Dem. Attorney General Carl II. Francis, Rep.; Robert Y. Thornton, Demo. State Senate, 16th district John Hounsell, Rep.; Ben Musa, Dem. State Representative, 22nd dis trict Allen Tom, Rep.; No Demo crat. The list of national committee men and women, both Republi can and Democratic, presidential electors and Democrat and Re publican convention delegates Is too long to print in its entirety. The many filings assure a long ballot though nowhere near as long as the famous "bedsheet" ballot of four years ago. Voting Registration Deadline April 17 County clerk Bruce Lindsay this week reminded residents that they have only until April 17 to register to vote in the May 18 primary election. New voting laws will be in force for the first time at the May election which require that each person be registered in the precinct in which he lives and vote at the precinct poll in which he is registered. In past years many persons have changed resi dence but have not changed their registration, but under the new laws they will not be al lowed to vote unless properly registered. Violation of the vot ing laws can result in a heavy fine, the law stipulates. o Mrs. Frank Wilkinson and her sister-in-law Mrs. Elinn Mortimer-Rose of Troon, Scotland left Sunday from Portland for a visit with Mrs. Wilkinson's sister, Mrs. Hazel Scherzinger at Riverside, California and a trip through Mexico.
