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Follow-up School
Meeting Friday
a ionow-up conference on
President Eisenhowed's White
House conference on education
' will be held Friday evening at
.7:30 at the lone school cafetor-
ium, with S. E. Brogoitti of Helix,
Oregon representative to the
Washington meeting, as the
main speaker.
The follow-up conferences,
which are being held in various
areas throughout the state, are
planned to bring back to the peo
pie the report of what was ac
complished at the Washington,
D C, meeting held late last fall.
The idsa was developed by the
President and district meetings
were held last summer and early
fall to formulate the educational
problems which would be taken
up at the national White House
meeting in Washington. Brogoitti
will give a report on the results
of that meeting.
Following Brogoitti's report,
which will be given at a general
meeting, Bradley Fancher, con
ference chairman, will divide the
meeting into smaller groups for
individual discussion of the fol
lowing problems relating to edu
cation and how the answers re
ported at the Washington meet
ing can be applied locally. The
subjects will include: how can
we organize our schools more
efficiently and economically?
What are . our school building
needs? How can we get enough
good teachers and keep them?
How do we finance our school
Ground Observer
Need Seen Here
Master segeant Robert Cole
man of Hermiston, Air Force rep
resentative for the ground ob
server corps for Umatilla and
Morrow county, and MSgt. W. G.
Corpe, from the Eastern Oregon
Filter Center at Bend were In
the county Monday working with
Ervin Anderson, local GOC super
visors and others in behalf of
more active participation In the
Ground Observer work in this
area.
The two men stated that they
hope to organize an active
Ground Observer Corps here and
that Sgt. Coleman will speak to
the chamber of commerce next
Monday and before the Heppner
city council at its next meeting
April 2.
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Two Heppner Students
In Pacific Honoraries
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Spe-
cial Dorothy Dobyns, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Noel K. Dobyns,
lone, and Lyle Jensen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lincoln Nash of Hepp
ner were tapped as members of
Boxerettes and Intercollegiate
Knights respectively. These two
organizations are honoraries for
freshman .and sophomore men
and women.
Miss Dobyns is a freshman
taking a liberal arts course and
is a graduate of lone high school
where she was active in many
different activities and was girl
league president. Miss Dobyns is
now a member of Theta Nu Al
pha sorority at Pacific.
Jensen is also a freshman ma
joring in journalism and is a
graduate of Heppner high school
He is a member of Phi Beta Tau
fraternity and is also a member
of the university's paper staff.
CIVIC LEAGUE TO
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
The Heppner Civic League will
meet at 8 p. m. Monday, March
26 in the kindergarten room at
the school. This will be the
meeting , that was postponed
from last week.
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Mrs. Mary Van Stevens has
had as her guest this week Mrs.
Ovidia Dewey, of White Salmon,
Wash.
VALUABLE, BUT NOT
Misunderstanding Puts High Price on Porkys
If the interpretation a Willam
ette valley man gave a story
carried last week in the Gazette
Times and picked up by news
services were correct, a porcu
pine's life would be worth a lot
of money but his chances as
survival would be mighty poor.
Every able-bodied hunter in the
state would be looking for the
prickly animals.
The GT story told that the
supervisors of the Heppner Soil
Conservation district had put up
$25 from district funds to be used
for prizes and bounties in the
annual porky contest sponsored
buildings and operate them?
How can we obtain continuous
public interest in education?
Leaders in the discussion
groups will be Lloyd Howton,
Ray Heimbigner, L. E, Dick and
Dewey West. Following these
discussions, each leader will re
port their conclusions to the
general meeting.
The problems to be discussed
at the conference are ones which
plague all school districts and
which ultimately reflect in school
taxes. The meeting is open to
the public, all persons interested
in schools and tax problems are
urged to attend the meeting,
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Five Years Seen
Till River Towns
Will Be Drowned
Residents of Boardman, Arling-,
ton and other communities along
the Columbia can expect it to be
at least five years before their
towns and property will be
drowned out by the backwater of
the John Day dam.
This information was revealed
by members of the Corps of Engl
neers at a meeting of 75 inter
ested persons at Boardman Wed
nesday night. The meeting,
sponsored by the Boardman Com
mercial Club, was another in a
recent series held by the club to
determine what effect the build
ing of the dam will have on
river-front communities.
Speakers at the meeting were
Alvin Ross, coordinator; B. C.
Christensen, and M. K. Tysor,
real estate division, of the Army
engineers, all from Walla Walla,
The men told the group that
there are several "its" connect
ed with any time schedule on
the dam. First of all money must
be appropriated by congress be
fore anything can be done. If
and when the money is voted the
dam will be two years In the
planning stage, then there will
be another three years of pre
liminary construction before any
of the communities would be ef
fected. There is also still the
question of whether the dam
will be built by the government
of in "partnership" with private
utilities.
The meeting was organized on
a question and answer plan, and
many more questions were raised
by those present. The time ele
ment, however, was the most im
portant in most people's minds.
The Boardman Commercial
Club has spearheaded a program
during recent months aimed at
determining what problems river
communities will face and how
they can be met.
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Holy Week Church
Services Scheduled
A series of special Holy Week
church services will be held in
various churches in this area
starting next Tuesday evening,
it was announced this week.
Special services will be held
Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the
Lexington Christian church with
Rev. A. Shirley of lone bringing
the message. Wednesday even-1
ing services will be held at the
Heppner Assembly of God church
with Rev. Norman Northrup of
Lexington giving the sermon.
Thursday there will be candle
light communion services at the
Heppner Methodist church with
Rev. Lester Boulden and Rev".
Charles Knox in charge.
Special Good Friday and Eas
ter Sunday services are also
planned by most Heppner, Lex
ington and lone churches and
these schedules will be given
next week.
The public is invited fo attend
all the special services.
WORTH $25.00
by the Morrow County Hunters
and Anglers. Wednesday Ralph
Taylor, secretary of the sports
men's club received the follow
ing letter from a man who will
remain unidentified:
"Dear Sir:
To whom it may concern. I saw
a piece in the paper where you
were going to pay $25.0o a piece
for porcupines, and was wonder
ing if that goes for anyone who
wants to come down there and
hunt them? If so, please answer
by return mail and let me know,
will you?"
Hunters and Anglers president
Copies 10 Cents
Heppner Girl Wins
UNITED NATIONS PILGRIMAGE
Heppner high school junior, is
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Murtry, local Odd Fellow contest chairman, on being selected to
represent this lodge in the district finals to be held Saturday night
ct Pendleton. Shown with them is Jay Sumner, alternate who was
runner-up in the final judging. The final judging for the local
contest was held at Monday's chamber of commerce meeting with
both students giving their contest speeches before the group. The
winner of the Saturday competition from among contestants from
Morrow and Umatilla county will be given a three week trip to
New York to visit the United Nations. The contest is sponsored by
the Odd Fellows lodges and 14 students from Oregon will make
the trip. (GT Photo)
Voter Registration
Places in County
Listed by Clerk
Residents are reminded again
that proper registration is neces
sary to vote in the May primary
election, and the county clerk
this week issued a list of regis
trars In the county where citizens
may register.
Registrars are: for North and
South Heppner and the Hardman
areas, the county clerk's office
in the courthouse; Lexington,
Mrs Emma Breshears at the post
office; lone, Paul Pettyjohn at
the General Petroleum plant;
Boardman, Walter Hayes store;
and Irrigon, at the home of Mrs.
Marguerite Howton.
Persons who are properly regis
tered and have voted at least
once during the last election year
need not re-register, but those
who have moved since the last
election, or did not vote during
that year, must be properly re
gistered if they expect to vote.
New election laws now in ef
fect make it necessary for a
voter to be registered in the pre
cinct in which he lives. If a
voter has moved and not changed
registration he will not be al
lowed to vote in his former pre
cinct. The new election laws are
quite stringent and a violation
of them can result in a sizeable
fine.
The deadline for registering,
to be able to vote in the primary
election, is April 17,
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Heppner FFA Named
"Master Chapter"
At State Meeting
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
The Future Farmers of America
chapter at Heppner high school
has been named one of Oregon's
"master chapters" for 1956 the
highest honor given to a high
school FFA group,
Thirty-three of Oregon's 86
chapters qualified this year on
the basis of outstanding activl
ties and accomplishments In
FFA work.
Adviser for the local chapter
is Llewellyn Robbins.
Announcement of the master
chapter ratings was made last
week at the twenty-eighth an
nual FFA convention at Oregon
State college. More than 400
boys and their chapter advisers
from across Oregon attended the
four-day meeting this year,
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Mr. and Mrs. George Combes
and son of Portland were Hepp
ner visitors over the weekend.
Ken Keeling said today, "it just
ain't so. We want to get rid of
the porkys and our contest will
include a bounty and valuable
prizes that will be announced at
a later date, but the bounty will
NOT be $25.00 each."
In connection with the porcu
pine eradication contest, Keeling
revealed that several additional
individuals or concerns have put
up cash or merchandise to be used
as prizes in the contest. Included
are Heppner Pine Mills; Eastern
Oregon Logging Co., Kinzua; Leo
L. Flower, Monument; Heppner
Soil Conservation District; Mor
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 22,
Local UN Contest
contest winner Mary Jo Stewart
being congratulated by R. G. Mc
Van Marter Named
To Head Elks
La Verne Van Marter Jr. of
Heppner has been namer new
exalted ruler of the Heppner Elks
lodge. He will take over from
Milton Morgan, lone, who has
served for the past year. The elec
tion was held March 15.
Other officers chosen last week
include Alton H. Yarnell, lone,
leading knight; William Labhart,
loyal knight, John Hartman, lec
turing knight; Jack Bailey, sec
retary; H. D. McCurdy, Jr., treas
urer; R. B. Ferguson, trustee; and
Lowell Gribble, tiler.
Other lodge officers are ap
pointive and will be announced
within a short time by the new
exalted ruler. Installation of the
new officers will be held April
5.
L. E. Dick Named
President of Heppner
Parent-Teachers
L. E. Dick was elected presi
dent of the Heppner P-TA at the
organization's annual election
held last Wednesday. Other new
officers are Mrs. Marvin Smith,
vice president; Mrs. Douglas
Drake, treasurer and Mrs. John
Hanna, Jr., secretary.
Dick replaces Lowell Gribble
who has headed the group for
the past year.
Plans were made to send dele
gates to the state P-TA conven
tion next month, and the pro
gram included short talks by Vic
Groshens, city superintendent,
who told of the water system;
State patrolman, Bill Labhart
who spoke on the work of the
state police; Robert Penland, who
told of the work and organiza
tion of the Heppner fire depart
ment; and Jack Van Winkle who
explained the Elks eye clinic
program. Everett Keithley was
program chairman.
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RURAL SCHOOL BOARD
TO MEET TUESDAY
A special meeting of the rural
school board will be held Tues
day, March 27 at 7:30 p. m. at the
court house. The consideration of
district budgets will be the main
business.
SOCIAL SECURITY MAN DUE
A social security representative
will be at the city hall in Hepp
ner from 9 a. m. to noon on Wed
nesday, March 28.
row County Livestock Growers
association; North Fork Timber
Co.; and Aiken's Place. The
money will be used to buy prizes
and to pay a bounty for the
porky noses turned in.
The damage to trees that por
cupines inflict has caused rising
concern among conservation, for
estry and sportsmen's groups
throughout the state and several
organizations are now sponsor
ing porky contests in an effort
to control the bark-eating pests.
The Morrow County Hunters and
Anglers have sponsored a local
contest for several years and
hope to enlarge its scope In 1956.
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AN END TO PARKING TICKETS-?
"Give-Back-a-Nickel" Parking
Plan to Start This Weekend
The Heppner-Morrow county
chamber of commerce's new
"please put-a-nickel-in -the enve
lope" parking plan will be put
into effect starting this weekend
it was announced today by Phil
Blakney, chamber president.
The plan which is patterned
after similar ideas used in sev
eral other' Oregon towns, is to
provide local police officers with
nickles and bright orange enve
looes which will be used in place
of parking meter violation clta
Hons. It works like this:
When the officer, in making
his rounds, finds a car parked
by an expired meter, he will put
a nickel in the meter from a
special fund set up by the Hepp
ner merchants and will place a
small bright orange envelope
under the windshield swipe in
stead of the usual parking ticket
which normally costs the car
owner a fine of $1.
On the envelope is an explana
tion of what has been done and
a request that the car owner place
a nickel in the envelope ' and
leave it at the nearest store
where it will go back into the
special fund to keep other shop
pers from having to pay the $1
parking fine.
If everybody cooperates, as it Is
hoped they will, the fund should
remain intact and the plan work
able. Folice plan to watch for
habitual violators, however, and
after a trial period, persons who
continue to "forget" to deposit
money in the meters or return
the envelopes can expect to re-
Basin Projects
Committee To Meet
Here March 28
The Upper Columbia River Ba
sin projects committee will meet
Wednesday, March 28 at 8 p.
m. at the court house in Heppner
it was announced today by Newt
O'Harra, county committee chair
man. The program calls for sub
committee reports to be made
by the following chairmen: Bill
Barratt, irrigation; Garnet Bar
ratt, flood control; Kenneth
Smouse, power; Al Lamb, naviga.
tion; Orville Cutsforth, recrea
tion; Garland Swanson, munici
pal and domestic uses; Oscar
Peterson, industrial and mining
development; Don Kenny, drain
age; and Dr. L. D. Tibbies, polu-
tion control.
Also schduled is a panel dis
cussion with state representa
tive Allen Tom and Don Lane,
executive secretary of the seven-
man Project board in charge.
All interested persons are urged
to attend the meeting.
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A LOT TO CATCH UP ON These two sisters, one a former resident
of Heppner, had a lot to talk about when they met recently for the
first time in 53 years. Mrs. Elizabeth Mead, 92, right, now a resi
dent of Seattle, and her sister, Mrs. Laura Carroll of Osceola, Mo.,
are shown during their reunion which took place on Mrs. Mead's
birthday. Mrs. Mead lived in Heppner from 1903 until 1950 and
is the mother of Mrs. Phil Griffin of Heppner and Mrs. Si Walker,
formerly of here who now lives in Portland. Mrs. Mead last saw
her sister, who is 77, in Osceola in 1902.
1956
ceive regular parking citations.
The idea has the blessing of the
city council.
The same plan has been tried
in several towns in the state with
rather mixed results, it is re
ported. Several are still con
tinuing the idea with good re
sults, though one or two com
munities have discontinued it
when their special fund ran out
of money because parkers ne-
Red Cross Drive at
30 Percent of Quota
Returns are starting to pick
up in the county Red Cross drive,
Dick Brunner, county chairman
reported today. $901.60 has been
checked in as of March 20.
This figure is only 30 percent
of the county goal of $2818, but
returns are expected to come in
faster during the last week of
the drive, Brunner said.
Workers who have checked in
during the past week include:
Mrs. Harold Johnston, Mrs. R. B.
Rice, Mrs. Lowell Gribble, Mrs,
Marvin Smith and Bruce Lind
say, all of Heppner; Mrs. James
Lindsay, Morgan; Mrs. Ben An
derson, Eightmile; Mrs. Marcel
Jones, Dry Gulch; Mrs. Mary
Wright, Ruggs, Mrs. Oleta Ward
well, Blackhorse; Mrs. Ralph
Beamer, Balm Fork; The Rhea
Creek grange and Willow I. O. O.
F. lodge.
The Future Business Leaders
club from Heppner high school
turned in $22 from their car wash
project last Saturday which
makes a total of $75.75 from the
high school group.
Brunner said that there Is a
Red Cross office at the bank to
make it convenient for anyone
who has been missed on the regu.
lar canvass to make their dona
tion to the drive.
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Bud Wagner Injured
In La Grande Accident
John (Bud) Wagner of Hepp
ner who is attending Eastern
Oregon College at La Grande was
painfully injured Monday night
in an accident when a train lo
comotive hit his car Vk miles
East of La Grande.
He suffered a broken noseface
lacerations and shock and Miss
Evelyn Miller of La Grande, who
was with him, was seriously In
jured. She is still on the criti
cal list.
The car was completely demolished.
73rd Year, Number 2
glected to return the envelopes
and nickels.
Blakney and other members of
the committee who worked up
the idea expressed the belief that
when shoppers understand the
plan it will work out well. "We
are only trying to show people
that we appreciate them shop
ping in Heppner stores. Many
times people will unintentional
ly overlook a parking meter or
unavoidably be unable to re
turn before the meter has ex
pired and we want to save them
the $1 fine," the committee said.
If the general public cooper
ates, the idea may mean a vir
tual end to parking tickets in
Heppner.
Awards Given
Camp Fire Girls
The annual Camp Fire Girls
ceremonial was held Sunday
afternoon, March 18 in the multi
purpose room of the new grade
school.
Three Camp Fire groups, O kl
zu with Mrs. E. Schmidt as lead
er; O ki wa ni ta, Mrs. Helen Cox,
leader; Wa can te ka, Mrs. Er
vin Anderson, leader and three
Blue Bird groups, Gay Bluebirds,
Mrs. M. C. Huggett, leader; Merry
Bluebirds, Mrs. Lewis Cason,
leader; and Happy Bluebirds,
Mrs. Clem Stockard, leader were
all represented.
The following program wa9
given, Wohelo by Libby Van
Scholack; Processional; invoca
tion, Rev. Merlin Zler; candle
lighting, Wa can te ka Camp
Fire girls; song, Camp Fire Law,
by all groups; roll call, Carol
Anderson; mistress of ceremon
ies, Janice Martin; Navajo In
dian Friendship Chant, all the
groups; Bluebird songs, three
Bluebird groups; Indian stick
game, Ok wa ni ta Camp Fire
girls; introduction of 1956 birth
day project, Sandra Jones; song
and game, Happy Bluebirds;
choral reading, Merry Bluebirds;
lion hunt, O kl zu Camp Fire
girls; dance, Gay Bluebirds; pre
sentation of awards, Rev. Char
les Knox; candle extinguishing,
Carol Anderson; song, Call of the
Fire, all groups and the re
cessional.
The awards won were by the
O kl zu Camp Fire girls were
Trail Blazer rank by Darlene
Turner, Cheryl Crist and Geral-
dine Swaggart. Wood Gatherers
rank, Sandra Campbell, Eliza
beth Van Scholack, Diane Mc
Curdy, Judy Schmidt, Sharon
Lindsay, Peggy Estberg, Rose
Marie . Nash, Shirlee Gaines,
Beverly Blake and Mary Shan
non. Fire Makers rank, Jeanne
Schmidt. Polly Woe Swimming
honors went to- Jeanne Schmidt,
Darlene Turner, Diane McCurdy,
Sharon Lindsay and Sandra
Campbell. Judy Schmidt and
Jeanne Schmidt received five
year membership pins and Peggy
Estberg a three year member
ship
The O ki wa ni ta Camp Fire
girls receiving Firemakers cer
tificates, 15, purple beads and
Firemakers bracelets were Doris
Morris, Mary Evelyn Tucker,
Shirley Van Winkle, Julie Pfeif-
for, Bernice Thomson, Mary Kay
Sloeum, Sandra Jones, Francine
Moyer and Sheryl Harris. They
all received their five year but
tons except Julie Pfelffer who
hasn't been with the group that
long. A service emblem for 10
hours service in community pro
jects was received by Julie Pfelf
fer. Those completing the 1955
birthday project requirements
were Shirley Van Winkle, Bernice
Thomson and Sandra Jones.
Mrs. James Thomson, who Is a
former leader of this group, was
presented a gift by the girls.
Janice Martin of the Wa can te
ka Camp Fire group received the
Wood Gatherers and Fire Makers
ranks, a service emblem for 10
hours community service and the
frog swimming honor.
Receiving the Torch Bearers
rank was Carol K. Anderson, she
received her Torch Bearer pin
and certificate for Torch Bearers
craftsman in home making;
Carol Anderson and Brenda
Townsend earned the 1955 birth
day project honor.
Other Torch Bearers, who were
absent but will receive their rank
later are. Connie Anderson In folk
lore; Bonnie Hannan, folk lore
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