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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 19, 1956
73rd Year, Number 6
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Voter List
Shows Drop
In County
Voter registration figures in
Morrow county continued to fol
low a trend set four years ago, it
was revealed today at the county
clerk's office here. For the third
consecutive election year, regis
tration in both parties has shown
a drop from the previous elec
tion. Though the registration dead
line was Tuesday night, not all
last minute registrations have yet
been received by the clerk, though
only minor changes are expected.
Republicans still hold a wide
margin in the county with 1229
compared with 845 Democrats for
a total of 2074 voters. This com
pares with 1428 Republicans and
867 Democrats (2335 total) in
1954 primaries and 1532 Repub
licans and 932 Democrats (2464
total) registration in 1952. Irri
gon is the only precinct in the
county where the Democrats hold
a majority. The registration there
is 150 Democrats and 95 Repub
licans, p
Percentage Poor
The figures- show a very low
percentage of persons of voting
age in the county have registered
only about 60 percent. Census
figures give the county a popu
lation of slightly over 5,000 from
which can be subtracted appro
ximately 1400 children below vot.
ing age, leaving 3,600 eligible. Of
this total only 2071 have regis
tered to vote at the primary elec
tion "May 18.
Below are listed the registra
tion figures by precincts. Only
the North and South Heppner pre
cincts are final, but the other
precincts will be changed only
slightly by last minute signups.
Rep. Dem.
S. Heppner 290 186
N. Heppner 316 204
Boardman 146 77
Hardman 27 11
lone 230 129
Lexington 125 88
Irrigon 95 150
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John P. Doherty
Services Held Monday
Funeral services for John Pat
rick Doherty, 78 years of age,
were held Monday at 10 a. m. at
St. Patrick's Catholic church in
Heppner. He passed away April
13 at St. Anthony's hospital in
Pendleton. He had made his
home in that city for many years.
Mr. Doherty was born February
1878 in Carndonagh, Ireland and
had been in the county for 58
years.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
Margaret Creegan, Renton, Wn.;
and one brother, Paul, who still
lives in Ireland. He also leaves
several nieces and nephews.
Rosary was held Sunday even
ing at St. Patrick's church with
Rev. Patrick J. Gaire officating.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery.
Creswick Mortuary had charge
of arrangements.
AHBOR DAY was revived in lone
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served at the school 52 years ego. Four trees were planted in the same area where the old
trees had been planted which were recently removed. Various school grades were responsible for
each tree and all students placed their names in sealed bottles to be planted with the trees.
SDeakers were Mrs. Jane Rawlins of the lone Garden Club, Tom Wilson representing the extension
office, Ernie Drake, student
planting of one of the trees are left t0 right: Judy Mason; Sharon Cutstortn; Mrs. jane Hawnns;
Phil Newitt; Ernie Drake; Darlene Drake; Judy Howton; Jean Ann Swanson; Carolyn Crabtree;
Alvce Mason. Mrs. Rawlins
the students and many residents of the area who watched the
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SPEAKERS at the dedication of the Heppner elementary school last Saturday evening included, left to
right, Joe Stewart, Heppner school superintendent; Clarence Johnson, principal; A. L. Beck, direc
tor cf the state department of education who gave the main address; Jack Flug, county school
BimorintPnHpnt! Mn. Marv Stevens. Hermner mavor; and L. E. Dick, Jr., chairman of the school
board. A good crowd attended
room building which was open
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VISITORS AND BOARD MEMBERS toured the new Heppner ele
mentary schocl Saturday during the dedication program. Shown
examining some of the work in one of the sixth grades are left
to right, board members Howard Cleveland and Alvin Bunch; Mrs.
Alex Green end Mrs. Herman Green. The new building has been
in use all of this school year, though landscaping will be com
pleted during the coming summer. The education plant cost
$258,000 and was built in less than a year .... (Wilson Photo)
Annual Homemakers Festival May 1
Homemakers of Morrow county
will be attending their annual
Homemakers Festival Tuesday,
May 1 at the fair pavilion in
Heppner. The program as an
nounced will include short de
monstrations about projects given
during the year, a tailoring style
show and pictures of home and
rural life around the world.
Tickets are now on sale for
the noon luncheon which will be
served at 12:30 at the pavilion,
and members of the advisory
committee will have them on
sale until April 23. Mrs. Paul
Warren has charge of sales in
Heppner. Child care will be pro
vided by members of the home
making class of Heppner high
school for a nominal fee, it was
said.
The festival, which is open to
the public, is held each year
during national home demon
April 13 in eelebrrtion of the memory oi an earner Amor uay od
body president and superintendent Phil G. Newitt Shown at the
and Drake are holding the bottles
the program and later toured the
for inspection.
stration week and its purpose is
to recognize work that has been
done, and to honor volunteer
local leaders whose services con
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SPECIAL SECURITY
REPRESENTATIVE COMING
A represetative from the So
cial Security Administration in
La Grande will be in the City
Hall in Heppner on Wednesday,
April 25th from 9:00 a. m. until
noon to interview Individuals
having questions pertaining to
social security and to assist all
those who wish to- make appli
cation for their benefits,
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FARM BUREAU TO MEET
The Morrow County Farm Bu
reau will meet Tuesday, April 24,
at 8:00 p. m. at the Rhea Creek
grange hall.
which contained the names of
proceedings.. (Tom Wilson Photo)
10 classroom and multipurpose
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Heppner School
Dedicated Stale
Needs Outlined
$100,000,000 worth of school
buildings will be needed in the
state of Oregon in the next five
years, A. L. Beck, director of
school house planning for the
state department of education,
said Saturday night in his talk
at the dedication of the new
Heppner elementary school.
Beck told the audience that be
tween 1910 and 1950 children in
Oregon below the age of 14 in
creased 14.5 percent and that in
preparing for the influx of ele
mentary and secondary students
a building cost Index in 1913 set
at 100 showed a pump to 611 by
1955. He continued that as edu
cation costs increase, distressed
districts in the state will find
themselves $13,0f,0.000 short of
being able to take care of school
building needs by 1961.
Beck told of the steps in con
structing a new school building
and complimented the school
board and citizens on the Hepp
ner building.
Other talks were given by L. E.
Dick Jr., chairman of the Hepp
ner board who explained that
only district funds were used for
construction of the building; Mrs.
Mary Stevens, Heppner mayor,
who urged the district to con
tinue its planning for the future;
Jack Flug, county school super
intendent, who compared the
changes in school construction
and curriculum with changing
times.
The Heppner high school band
and the high and grade school
chorus under the direction of
Norman Peters offered musical
numbers, Rev. Willis Geyer the
invocation and Rev. Lester Boul
den the benediction. Superin
tendent Joe Stewart was master
of ceremonies and elementary
principal Clarence Johnson ex
plained the building tour.
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Services Held Today
For Mrs. Mary Kirk
Mrs. Mary Kirk, 77, a resident
of Heppner for 60 years until she
moved to Gresham in 1918, pas
sed away August 15 at her home.
Services were held today at 2 p.
m. at the Heppner Christian
church with Rev. Charles Knox
officiating.
Mrs. Kirk was born August 28,
1879 at Hanover, Kansas and had
lived in Heppner since she was
nine years old. Her husband,
James L. Kirk, died here in 1927.
Surviving are one son Charles
S. Kirk H'Tpner; two daughters,
Alice F.. Braim n, Heppner, and
Mrs. John Hamner, Gresham;
and eight grandchildren.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic eorno'.ery with Cteswick
Mortuary in charge of arrange
ments.
Heppner Student On
OSC Honor Roll
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Mrs. Patricia L. Hardy, Heppner
student at Oregon State college,
has made the winter term scho
lastic honor roll at OSC.
Students must maintain at
least a B plus grade average for
honor roll listing.
Mrs. Hardy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold K. Peck of Hepp
ner, is a junior majoring in home
economics education. She Is a
1953 graduate of Heppner high
school.
Bids Called For
Highway Work;
Load Limits Off
The state highway commission
will receive bids on two jobs in
Morrow county at its meeting
April 27 in Portland.
One job is the improvement of
Arcade street between B and E
streets in Lexington. The existing
street has a gravel surface which
is in poor condition due to the
heavy grain truck traffic between
outlying farms and the elevators.
Plans call for grading and shap
ing the street to provide for a
20 foot asphaltic concrete pave
ment flanked by two-foot shoul
ders, supported by a strengthen
ed base to better withstand the
heavy loads. Work is scheduled
to be completed by September.
Bids will also be received for
the furnishing of approximately
10,000 cubic yards of crushed
rock in stockpiles for later use
by the state in connection with
maintenance operations on the
Rock Creek-Summit section of
the Heppner-Spray highway,
about six miles south of Hard
man. In connection with the above
mentioned Heppner-Spray high
way, the commission Monday lift
ed the load limit regulations
which had been imposed for
nearly a month and truck haul
ing started over the road the
same day. The Monument mill
of the North Fork Timber com
pany began operations again
last week and the lumber is
again being trucked to the
Heppner Pine Mills.
The load limit on the Heppner
Condon highway have also been
lifted during the past few days.
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Population Gains
Noted By Two
Morrow County Towns
Two Morrow county towns, lone
and Lexington, have shown an
increase in population since the
1950 census it was revealed this
wcpJi when the secretary of state's
office made public figures from
the state census department.
Heppner remains the some as
in 1950 and Boardman registered
the loss of two persons. Irrigon
is not an incorporated town
lone had the greatest increase
with a present population of 333
compared with 262 in 1950. Lex
ington added 22 persons over the
period to have 259 compared with
237 in 1950. Heppner's figure re
mains at 1648, the same as it
was in 1950. and Boardman
dropped from 120 to 118,
During the past year many
towns have taken special census
counts as allowed by state law,
and where a gain is shown, the
city or town benefits from the
increased tax revenue derived
The possibility of a special cen
sus was considered here some
time ago but the general feel
ing was that the probable slight
increase would not be worth the
expense.
Of the smaller county seat
towns in the immediate area,
Heppner still leads most. John
Day gained slightly to 1625,
while Condon and Fossil remain
ed at their former size of 968 and
675.
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Methodist Church
Names New Officers
At Annual Meeting
The Heppner Methodist church
held a potluck 'dinner and their
annual church meeting Friday,
evening, April 13 with Dr. Edward
Terry, Portland, district superin
tendent conducting the meeting.
Reports w?re given from the
church committees on their years
work. Election of officers was
ield with the following elected:
truster's Tom Weils, Tom Wilson,
Whitmer Wright, Howard Bry-
nt, J. R. Huffman, Oliver Cres
wick, Ray Bailey, Mrs. Harry Du
vail, Mrs. Douglas Drake; stew
ards, Mrs. Madge Bryant, L. E.
Dick, Douglas Drake, Mrs. Char
les Gomillion, Herman Green,
Darl Hudson, Everett Keithley,
Fred Martin, Mrs. Randall Mar
tin, Carl McDaniel, Newt O'Harra,
William Turner, Mrs. Tom Wells,
Mrs. Whitmer Wright and Har
ley Young.
Mrs. L. E. Dick was elected
treasurer; Llewellyn Robbins,
lay leader; Mrs. Ray Bailey, fi
nancial secretary and Mrs. N. D,
Bailey, communion steward.
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Josie Jones, Mrs. Jess HalL
Lennie Lowden and Leslie Mat
lock returned Tuesday from Port
land where they had spent the
past week.
Patricia Wright Named
Fair and Rodeo Queen
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PATRICIA WRIGHT, Oregon State
College freshman, this week
was named queen of the 1956
Morrow county Fair and Rodeo.
Red Cross Blood
Drawing Planned
Here April 25
At least 100 donors are needed
next Wednesday, if the ' Red
Cross bloodmobile is to get its
set quota of 80 quarts at its first
visit here this year, Jack Ed-
mondson, Elks committee chair
man, who is sponsoring the visit,
said this week.
The Bloodmobile will be in
Heppner from 11a. m. to 3 p. m.
Wednesday, April 25 and a size
able pre-visit registration is
hoped for, Edmondson said. Else
where in today's paper is a cou
pon which prospective donors are
asked to fill out and return to
the Elks lodge. The signup
makes it possible for the commit
tee to better schedule the blood
drawing and prevent delays lor
donors. ' ' (
The drawing will be held at the
Heppner Methodist church and a
crew of volunteer nurses ana
other workers will be on hand to
aid the regular Red Cross crew.
All residents of the area are
urged to donate their blood as
heavy demands on the blood
bank during recent months have
depleted the supply. The typing
and drawing takes only a few
minutes.
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Child Hearing
Clinic Saturday
As a result of the hearing tests
that were done in Morrow
county schools in December, 1955,
a hearing clinic will be held in
the office of the Morrow county
health department on Saturday,
April 21st.
An otologist from Portland, Dr.
Robert B. Hansen, will be the at
tending specialist.
Of the approximately 1000
children tested, 53 were found to
have hearing losses of varying
degrees. Both the hearing test-
ng and the otologic clinic are
services offered without charge
by the Oregon state board of
health in cooperation with the
local health department.
Morrow county physicians plan
pre-clinic meeting with Dr.
Hansen at 8 p. m. the evening of
April 20th at the health depart
ment offices.
In addition to personnel of the
health department, volunteer
workers at the clinic will be Mrs.
Jack Angel, Mrs. Phil Blakney
and Miss Marguerite Glavey.
Only those children who have
received appointment slips will
be seen by Dr. Hansen.
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CANDIDATE VISITS HERE
Pat Dooley, Portland attorney
and state legislator from Mult
nomah county, visited briefly in
Heppner Tuesday. Dooley is can
didate for Democratic National
Committeeman.
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PACK MEET DATE CHANGED
The date of the Cub Scout
pack meeting has been changed
from the regular meeting night to
Monday, April 30 at 7:30 p. m.
in the grade school multipurpose
room.
THURSDAY WARMEST
The thermometer hit an unoffi
cial 80 degrees this afternoon to
bring Heppner its warmest day
of the year.
Blonde, blue-eyed 18 year old
Patricia (Patsy) Wright of Hepp
ner this week was named queen
of the 1956 Morrow county Fair
and Rodeo, the fair board has re
vealed. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright, of
Klioa Crock.
Queen Patsy, who is a fresh
man in home economics at Ore
gon State college, graduated
last year from Heppner high
school with high honors, being
named salutatorian of her class.
She was a fair and rodeo princess
in 1954.
CJuoen Patsy's school and out
side activities, both during her
high school clays and now at OSC
make an extensive list and show
that in addition to being an ex
cellent student, she found time
to take part in many school and
club functions.
During her high school years
she was student body secretary
In her senior year; a 4-year band
member serving as secretary in
1954 and president in 1955; she
was on the volleyball team for
two years; a member of the pep
club; homecoming queen in 1954
and a class officer for two years.
Patsy has also been very ac
tive in 4-II club work. She is a
10-year member and a junior
leader for two years. Last fall at
the state fair she was selected
as one of Oregon's four delegates
to the national 4 H camp at
Washington, D. C. which will be
held this June. She carried a
clothing project for seven years
in addition to several other
homemaking and livestock pro-
jects. She won several first
place and championship ribbons
on dairy projects also.
College Activities Many
Queen Patsy has continued her
4-H activities on into college
where she is a member of the
uuiiie cjuiiuiuics tiuu anu waa
recently elected sargeant at arms
of the group and holds several
committee chaormanships. She
has been active in the Campus
4-H club, especially in working
with the extension service on the
International Farm Youth pro
gram of which she is Campus
4-H club co-chairman.
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This year's queen has lived on
a ranch all of her life and horse
back riding is her first-choice
hobby. She has ridden ever since
she was old enough to get on
a horse and she says riding la
still one of the things she looks
forward to doing when home on
vacations. She also likes to sew
an,jl makes most of her own
clothes as a result of her 4-H
training.
Last summer she worked as a
secretary In the county agent's
office.
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Cancer Drive Still
Short of Quota
Though $622.75 has been col
lected in the Morrow county can
cer drive the figure Is still $150
short of the quota of $756 and
efforts are being made by the
committee to reach the figure
within the next few days to
again put the county as number
one in the state to go over the top.
For the past several years Mor
row has held the record as being
the first in Oregon to attain the
goal in the drive and its chair
man Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn
this week asked all residents who
have not returned their envelopes
to do so as quickly as possible.
No returns have yet been recei
ved from tiie north end of the
county and only a few from lone,
Mrs. Pettyjohn said in urging
residents there to place their do
nations in the mail. The drive
continues throughout April.
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Local P-TA Officers
Attend State Meet
L. E. Dick and Mrs. Marvin
Smith, president and vice-presi
dent elect of the Heppner P-TA
and Mrs. Marion Huggett left
Monday to attend the 43rd an
nual state convention of the Ore
gon Congress of Parents and
Teachers in Eugene April 16-18.
All are official voting delegates.
Mrs. Edward T. Walker of Call,
fornia was the national represen
tative and gave the keynote ad
dress, "Your child In today's com
munity," and each succeeding
speaker developed a phase of
that theme. Other speakers in
clude Dr. O. Meredith Wilson,
president of the University of
Oregon, and Dr. John Foskett,
professor at the university,
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H. C. "Hap" Wood of Portland
was calling In Heppner on Tues
day.