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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 24, 1956
73rd Year, Number 1 1
Heppner Seniors
Receive Diplomas,
Awards Tuesday
Capacity crowd filled the Hepp.
ner high school gymnasium on
Tuesday night for commencement
exercises for the 37 members of
the senior class. It was the
largest graduating class in the
school's history.
Delivering the commencement
address was Dr. Frank Bennett,
president of Eastern Oregon Col
lege. Music for the program was
furnished by the high school
band and chorus under the di
rection of Norman Peters.
The valedictory and salutatory
addresses were given ky Miss
Nancy Anderson and Mrs. Lynda
Borman Dunlap; the class was
presented by Vivian White,
awards by Joe H. Stewart, super
intendent and diplomas were pre
sented by school board chairman
L. E. Dick, Jr.
Awards Given
A large number of awards and
scholarships were presented to
many of the graduating seniors
including the honor plaque to
Nancy Anderson; the citizenship
plaque to Miss Anderson and
Lance Tibbies.
Bob Hare received the Heppner
Pine Mills scholarship of $250 a
year for two years and his alter
nate was Darrell Blake. A simi
lar scholarship given . by the
North Fork Timber Company was
awarded to James Monahan with
Sharon Bryant as the alternate.
Other scholarships and awards
included Heppner P-TA scholar
ship to Virginia Andresen with
Delbert Piper as alternate; the
Soroptimist club scholarship was
also won by Virignia Andresen.
The Mrs. A. J. Benson $50 war
bond award went to Nancy An
derson and the FBLA $20 scholar
ship to Dale Osmin. The Elks
second place award of $100 went
to Virginia Andresen and Dale
Osmin also received the Capital
Business College $125 award. The
Pacific Beauty School tuition
award went to Edith Morris.
The Eric W. A'L'n ne,"eT-"rnr
certificates awarded by the Uni
versity of Oregon school of jour
nalism went to Dale Osmin and
James Monahan and the George
S. Turnbull yearbook awards to
Lance Tibbies and Sharon Bry
ant. Danforth Foundation awards
were won by James Monahan
and Karen Prock and the John
Philip Souza award, given by
the band parents club, was pre
sented to Lynda Dunlap. Nancy
Anderson received the Readers
Digest award and Honor em-
hi nnH thP lPtter fllsn went to !
Lynda Dunlap.
The student council presented
the student body president, vice
president, secretary and treasur
er awards to Darrell Blake, Del
bert Piper, Nancy Anderson and
Karen Prock.
Sharon Bryant received the
yearbook editor certificates and
Karen Prock the newspaper edi
tor award. Both are offered by
the University of Oregon school
of journalism.
Receiving recognition as the
outstanding boy athlete was
Skip Ruhl who participated in all
four major sports. Ruhl also re
ceived the activity award.
Nelson Connor and Shirley
Peck Palmer won recognition for
outstanding school spirit,
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JUSTICE COURT
LaVerne Hams, lone, operator of
Hams Truck Line was found
guilty Monday by a 6-man jus
tice court jury of an overload
charge and fined the statutory
six cents per pound fine which
totaled $120.
He has filed notice of appeal.
County Voters Support
Only 1066 Morrow county vot
ers,, out of a total registration of
2074 (just over 50 percent) went
to the polls last Friday and, in
most races, their ideas were very
similar to those of voters in the
rest of the state.
Contrary to the state-wide re
sults, Morrow was one of 10 coun
ties in Oregon who gave, a big
majority to Republican candidate
for U. S. senator Phil Hitchcock.
He carried the county by a vote
340 to Doug McKay's 224, Elmer
Deetz's66 and George Altvater's
23. In practically all other races,
local voters had the same ideas
as did the rest of the state.
There was only one local con
test in the county and that was
confined to the Boardman and
Irrigon precincts where the
voters were c h o os i n g a
justice of the peace. The two
Mrs. Dowen Named
New President of
Heppner Civic League
Mrs. Larry Dowen was elected
new president of the Heppner
Civic League Monday night at
the regular monthly meeting.
She will serve the remainder of
the term of former president, Mrs.
Fred Sanders, who resigned be
cause of moving to Pendleton.
Mrs. James Norene was elected
to the kindergarten board.
Mrs. Douglas Drake, kindergar.
ten teacher, announced that she
was retiring from teaching at the
end of the current school year
She also showed pictures and de
scribed the work of kindergar
ten children.
Eighth Grade
Graduates 24
Twenty-four Heppner Eighth
grade students received diplomas
and awards Wednesday evening
at special eighth grade com
mencement exercises at the Hepp.
ner school.
Class valedictorian, Tom Drls
coll and salutatorian, Carol An
derson spoke for the class which
was presented their diplomas by
grade school principal Clarence
Johnson. Shirley Kononen, high
school student body president,
welcomed the class into the high
school. The class was presented
by John Snyder, instructor who
also gave out the American Le
gion Auxiliary awards.
Musical numbers were fur
nished by the grade school band
and chorus and the invocation
and benediction was given by
Rev. Lester Boulden.
The 24 members of the class
are: Carol Kristen Anderson,
Connie Mae Anderson, Mary
Roseann Ayers, Wilma Lee Both
well, Arthur Le Roy Burkenbine,
Judith Anne Cochell, Cara Lee
Corbin, Michael Lee Gray, Clif
ford Wayne Green, Jeanne Ter
ese Collins, James Thomas Dris
coll, Samuel Owen Green.
Bonnie June Frances Hannan,
Thomas John Howell, Gary Le
I Roy Hint, William , Ray Trby,
Mary Virginia Johnston, Eugene
Donald Lesser, Florence Lee
Morris, Shirley May Nash, Albert
Lee Osmin, Michael Marion Van
Schoiack, Anthony Harlow Upton,
Thomas Gerald Howard.
Pilot AAeat Program
Check Held in County
No animals were condemned of
4,48 check!d in before and after I
slaughter inspections of the pilot
meat program conducted recent.
iy in Maineur, rsaKer, morrow,
Union and Gilliam counties, the
state clfpu-tment of friculture
announces.
Inspections included 172 cattle,
23 calves, 4 sheep and 249 swine.
Parts of carcasses condemned as
unfit for human . consumption
totaled 143. Flukes and parasites
were the main cause of 138 liver
rejections. Four heads and one
tongue were also condemned.
The department conducted the
pilot meat inspection program in
twelve plants in the five coun
ties for three weeks ending April
13, as part of the state-wide sur
vey for presentation of findings
to the 1957 legislature.
Data gathered by the program
will aid the legislature in de
termining the desirability, neces
sity and cost of a state-wide
compulsory meat Inspection pro
gram. Inspection teams now are in
Wallowa, Union and Umatilla
counties.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spcrulding
spent the weekend In Wasco and
The Dalles.
areas formerly each had a JP
but the district was combined by
order of the county court. The
contest was between Gus Fisher
Irrigon, former justice of the
peace in that district, and R. B.
Rands of Boardman. Rands won
out by a margin of 165 to Fish
er's 134 votes.
County Democrats gave Adlai
Stevenson a wide margin over
Estes Kefauver in their write-In
campaigns for the Democratic
nomination for president, Steven,
son garnered 203 votes to Ke
fauver's 97. In one other Demo
cratic race, Lew Wallace, wh'o had
announced his withdrawal from
the race for governor, won hand
ily over his opponent, Robert D.
Holmes 245 to 163. Holmes won
the statewide race, but only by a
small majority.
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LEXINGTON commen cement
speaker at graduation exercises
being held tonight at the Lex
ington high school, is John M,
Miller professor of education
and chairman of the educa
tion department at Eastern
Oregon College of Education.
Bert Williams Is
Injured in Accident
Near Bonneville
Bert Williams of Heppner is in
Providence hospital in Portland
with serious injuries following a
two-car accident late Saturday
night near Bonneville on high
way 30. The driver of the other
car, Arik Galasheff, 50, of Bonneville,-was
pronounced dead on ar.
rival at the Portland hospital.
Details of the accident and the
exact extent of Williams injuries
are not known.
Memorial Day to Find
Businesses Closed
All Heppner offices and most
businesses will be closed next
Wednesday, May 30 in observance
of the Memorial day holiday.
The day being a national holi
day the post office will also be
closed and no mail will be re
ceived or dispatched that day.
Heppner Woman
Hurt in Crash
Mrs. Willard I. O'Harra of
Heppner was seriously injured
late Saturday night when the
car driven by her husband, who
is laboratory technician at the
Pioneer' Memorial hospital, col
lided with another car just north
of Pendleton.
Mrs. O'Harra suffered severe
facial lacerations and a broken
pelvis, but her husband and
their three children were unhurt.
She is now in St. Anthony's hos
pital in . Pendleton but will be
transferred to Pioneer Memorial
within a few days.
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lone Community
Church Meeting is
Called For Sunday
There will be an important
meeting of the lone Community
church Sunday, May 27 at 2:30
to hear reports from the pulpit
committee and the committee
which met recently with the
Valby Lutheran group.
Everyone interested Is urged
to attend.
WILL GRADUATE WITH
HONORS FROM COLLEGE
Miss Eleanor Rice, granddaugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice of
Heppner, will graduate with hon.
ors in June from Santa Jose
State college in California.
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Orville Smith of Seattle and
Lou Becker were business visitors
in Heppner Tuesday.
Hitchcock; Results Given
No Local Contests
There was no local contest on
either the Democrat or Republi
can ballot and all office seekers
received substantial votes.
County results for major con
tested offices showed the follow
ing results.
Democrat
Democratic national committee
man; Davidson 248; Dooley 173.
'National committeewom a n,
Grant 216; Last 187.
United States senator, Morse
370; Smith 81.
Representative in Congress,
second district, Glidewell 156;
Unman 2to.
Governor, Holmes 163; Wallace
245.
' State Treasurer, Richardson
215; Smith 180.
Republican
I Republican national commit
Wrangler HeyDay
Set For Sunday
At Rodeo Field
One of the Heppner Wranglers
biggest events of the year, the
Heppner Heyday, will be held
Siinriav at the rodeo field. The
group will parade downtown
town starting at 1 p. m. and the
show will start at 1:30.
Events scheduled will include
cow riding, stake race, pole bend.
ing, sack race, women's cowgirl
race, calf roping, barrel race,
kids pony race, roping horse race,
musical rope race, bat relay race
and a cowboy race. In many of the
events there are classifications
for all ages of children as well
as adults.
Arena directors will be Cor
nett Green, Herman Green, How
ard Bryant; announcers, Oscar
George and Bruce Lindsay; star
ter, Jerry Brosnan; in charge of
stick, Bill Healy, Pat O'Brien, Os
car George, Ralph Beamer, Cor
nett Green; timers are Mary Bea
mer, Nadine O'Brien, Faye Finch,
Barbara Jordan; Judges, Harry
Dinges, Wilbur Steagall, John
Eubanks and William Smethurst:
Calf chute, Gerald Swaggart, and
flagman, George Curnn.
The show is open to the pub
lic and a small charge will be
made.
lone Pool Wil
Open on June 1
The lone swimming pool will
open for the summer season Fri
day, June 1, it was announced
this week. The regular opening
hours will be 2 to 5 and 7 to 9
p. m. daily.
Schedule of prices will be 50
cents for adults, 25 cents for high
school students and 15 cents for
children. Season tickets are $9.00
for adults, $6.00 for high school
and $4.00 for children.
Free instruction periods will be
held JvMriay tlwigh Friday
and children's beginners instruc
tion will be from 10 to 11 a. m.
on the same day.
. The pool will be available for
private parties after 9 p. m. it
was announced and there will be
a flat fee of $10 for such parties.
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lone Girl Officer
In Pacific Honorary
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Forest
Grove, Ore. Dorothy Dobyns,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noel
K. Dobyns, lone, was recently
elected vice president of Boxer
ettes, honorary for freshman and
sophomore women for next fall
semester.
Miss Dobyns, who is taking a
arts course, is a member of
Theta Nu Alpha sorority. She will
be a sophomore next year and is
a graduate of lone high school,
where she was Girls League presi
dent. Jensen Named PU
Paper Sports Editor
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Forest
Grove, Oregon. Lyle Jensen, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Nash,
Box 626, was recently elected the
sports editor of the Index, Pa
cific university's newspaper, for
the 1956-57 school year.
Jensen, a member of Phi Beta
Tau fraternity, is a freshman
majoring in journalism. He is a
graduate of Heppner high school,
and is also the sports editor of
the Index for the freshman issue
that is traditionally the last is
sue of the year.
teeman, Mautz 274; Merryfield
260.
President, Eisenhower 548.
United States senator, Hitch
cock 340; McKay 224; Deetz 66;
Altvater 23.
U. S. Representative (uncon
tested) Coon 533.
Governor, Smith 618; Dickson
50.
Secretary of State, Hatfield
345; Healy 297.
The largest individual vote re
ceived by any contestant was C.
J. D. Bauman, who was running
for renomination for sheriff on
the Republican ballot. He re
ceived 642 votes. Close behind was
C. A. Tom, Republican, for state
representative with 619 and Elmo
Smith for governor with 618.
On the non-partisan ballot for
supreme court justice Lusk recei
ved 697 votes and Sandblast 369.
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Lightning Nearly
Deprives TV Fans
Of Friday Fight
There were a lot of unhappy
people in Heppner last Friday
afternoon, but the Heppner TV
technician Winn Crist redeemed
himself just in the nick of time.
Of ton interest Fridnv was the
championship fight between Bo-
bo Olson and Sugar Ray Robin
son which was to be telecast at
6 p. m., but a bolt of lightning
which struck the TV cable sys
tem antenna about 2:30 in the
afternoon knocked out the sys
tem. Crist and his helpers worked
madly to repair the damage be
fore the fight came on at 6
o'clock. And, he made it,, for the
system came back on at 5:58
two whole minutes to spare.
End To Farm
Income Drop Seen
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
The worstof the farm income de
cline may be past if off-farm
prosperity continues, but pros
pects for immediate improve
ment look none too good to Ore
gon State college agricultural
economists.
Large stocks of farm goods,
plus costly consumer demand for
more convenience in food packag.
ing, will work against much boost
in farm income without a sub
stantial increase in government
aid, the economists state.
Long range trends for probable
supply and demand of farm gooo)s
are outlined in the current Ore
gon Farm and Market Outlook
published by the college. Copies
may be obtained at local county
extension service offices.
National demand for farm
goods by 1965 is estimated at 17
percent above present levels to
meet population increases and
changes in buying habits. Actu
ally, farm production could eas
ily increase beyond this point
and hold farm prices down if
known farm technology were ful
ly applied, the experts say.
Expected consumer trends by
1965 point to use of more meat,
more nonfat dairy products, more
poultry products, and more fruits,
and vegetables but less cereals,
potatoes and milkfat. These
changes could help restore farm
ers prices and purchasing power.
Looking at individual products,
national farm economists figure
wheat acreage by 1965 might have
to be reproduced at least 5 per
cent below 1955 in addition to
"melting down" the current
wheat stockpile.
Total livestock production
could be 20 percent larger by 1965
and still have prices comparable
to 1953. An increase in feed and
forage would be needed. Expect
ed yield increases from improved
feed grain varieties will probably
make possible an actual cut in
grain acreage which could be
shifted to needed increases in
forage acreages.
Dairy cow numbers may not
change much in the next 10 years,
but the industry would need to
shift emphasis from fat to non
fat dairy products. Improved
poultry practices seem likely to
take care of increased demand
eggs. But farmers could be pro
ducing about one-fifth more
broilers at satisfactory prices,
the economists say.
Processed vegetables could be
upped 35 percent by 1965 and
fresh vegetables 19 percent, the
economists believe. But national
potato plantings would need to
be cut back 300,000 acres by 1965.
Expected needs for non-citrus
fruit can likely be filled with
slightly fewer acres and higher
yields.
The Dalles Man Held
On Burglary Charge
James Millard Johonnbroer, 26,
of The Dalles, is being held In
the Pendleton jail in lieu of $2,
500 bail. He has been charged
with the burglary of the Hitchin'
Post Cafe at Boardman.
Johannbroer was arrested last
weekend near Boardman by state
police. The case was referred to
circuit court from the Justice
court-at Boardman.
HUNTERS AND ANGLERS
MEETING CALLED
The Morrow county Hunters
and Anglers club will meet Mon
ay at 8 p. m. at the court house,
it was announced today by the
president Ken Keeling.
Mr. and Mrs. William Collins
were in Albany over the weekend
to attend an All Coast bowling
tournament.
Many Expected For
Memorial
Everything is in readiness for
at least 200 persons who are ex
pected to attend the third annual
pioneer Memorial picnic to be
held at the fair pavilion on Me
morial day, May 30, J. O. Turner
vice president of the picnic com
mittee announced this week.
A potluck noon meal is plan
ned and a short program Is set
for the early afternoon. The com
mittee will furnish meat, coffee
and ice cream and visitors are
asked to bring potluck dishes,
It is also hoped that a few cakes
will be supplied by persons at
tending. The program will include a re
port on the improvement of the
Heppner Masonic cemetery by
Harold Becket; a piano duet by
Karen Lundell and Mrs. J. O.
Turner; Memorial to our soldier
dead, to be given by a member of
the Heppner American Legion
post; a vocal solo by Norman
Peters; address by county judge
Garnet Barratt; an election of the
committee for the coming year.
Mercury Hits High
Of 89 Degrees Friday
Tile past week brought the
hottest weather of the year with
the mercury climbing to an of
ficial 89 degrees Friday, the
highest recorded during the week.
The warming temperatures
brought with it a series of thun
derstorms which added some
moisture to an already wet May.
Len Gilliam, Heppner weather
observer, recorded .04 inch Fri
day and an additional .13 from
Tuesday night's storm. The fall
brings May's total to nearly two
inches.
Some Stock Prices
Set New Highs
HERMISTON Sixty-four con
signors put 459 cattle, 19 sheep
and 120 hogs on the auction
block at the Hermiston Livestock
Commission sale Friday in what
Manager Delbert Anson described
as a very fast moving sale.
Bulls sold for 12.90 to 16.50 cwt.,
a new high since last August.
A special sheep sale will be
held at the Commission May 25
to clean up early spring lambs.
The market:
CATTLE: Baby calves, 7.50 to
21.00 per head; steer calves, 17.30
to 18.20 cwt; heifer calves, 14.60
to 15.70 cwt.; veal, 21.00 to 23.75
cwt.; stocker steers, 13.80 to 14.90
cwt.; feeder steers, 14.90 to 17.30
cwt.; fat grass heifers, 15.20 to
17.80 cwt.; dairy cows, 92.50 to
117.50 per head; stocker cows,
107.50 to 139 per pair; commer
cial cows, 12.90 to 14.20 cwt.; util.
ity cows, 11:30 to 12.90 cwt.; can
ners and cutters, 9.10 to 11.20 cwt.;
shells, 4.25 to 6.60 cwt.; and bulls,
12.90 to 16.50 cwt. (new high).
HOGS: Weaner pigs, 4.50 to
7.50 per head; feeder pigs, 13.20
to 18.80 cwt.; fat hogs, 17.00 to
18.30 cwt. (a new high since last
August); and sows, 10.2Q to
14.70 cwt.
Early Copy Asked
Next Week by GT
The Gazette Times asks its
correspondents and advertisers
to get their news and advertis
ing copy to the paper one day
early next week.
Because of the Memorial Day
holiday next Wednesday, there
will be no mail service on that
day and items reaching the
paper later than Monday or
Tuesday will probably have to
be held over a full week.
Former Boardman
Man Dies in Utah
James Anderson Howell, 84,
of Provo, Utah died recently at
his home. He had farmed In the
Boardman area for many years
until his retirement in 1945 when
he moved to Provo. He had also
lived in the Haycreek, Oregon
area for several years.
Services were held late Tuesday
and burial was In a Utah ceme
tery. He is survived by his widow,
one son, James P. Howell, Eugene,
Ore., and two grandchildren.
WRONG NAME GIVEN
The wrong person was listed as
eighth grade valedictorian In last
week's Heppner grade school
news. The valedictorian is Tom
Driscoll.
Day
J. O. Turner, vice-president, has
taken over supervision of the pic.
nic since the death of the commit
tee president Mrs. Mabel Hughes.
Other officer is Mrs. Guy Boyer,
Mt. Vernon, secretary.
This wil be the third year the
picnic has been held and last
year more than 200 visitors and
local residents attended. The
committee is making plans to
accommodate a like number this
year. It Is open to everyone.
Lex Boys Place
In Stale Meet
Two Lexington high school
track men made the trek to the
State B track meet at Spring
field last Friday and Saturday
returned home with two places.
Vern Nolan qualified in the
100 yd. dash Friday night and on
the following day ran a 10:4 cen
tury to cap sixth in the state.
George Hermann qualified In
the discus Friday night with a
heave of 125 ft. 8 In. which was
also good on Saturday for a third
place in the state.
Only three boys from Morrow
county placed In the state meet
this year and Lexington is for
tunate in having two. Joe Mann
of Irrigon tied for fourth in the
high jump.
The Lexington boys stayed with
the Don Campbells of Eugene,
formerly of Lexington, where Mr.
Campbell Is attending Northwest
Christian college.
All boys competing In the meet
were invited to watch the U of O
scrimmage In final spring prac
tice. Animal Carcasses
Need Producers Tags,
Farmers Reminded
Edgar Albert, state brand In
spector, this week reminded far
mers that Is is necessary to have
a bonified producers tag on every
beef, sheep or hog carcass which
is transported over any high
way. The tag Is necessary even If
the carcass is being transferred
only to town for cutting or stor
age, Albert said.
The necessary tags can be ob
tained, without charge, from
Albert or Harold Johnston at the
Heppner Slaughter house. AVert
said the law is being strictly en
forced and arrests will be made
in the future for violations.
Savings Bond Sales
Show Drop in April
County savings bonds committ-
tee chairman Jack Bedford has
just received a report showing
April sales of United States
Treasury E and II savings bond9
for Oregon and for this county
in April. Sales in the state last
month were $3,244,899, down
from the total of $4,124,000 a year
ago.
x Morrow county sales were $15,
560 compared to $35,072 last ,
April.
"Savings Bonds leaders expect,
ed sales to be affected by the
rerent hard winter, and the very
heavy income tax payments
which Individuals made in Ore
gon last month", said Bedford.
"However, it is hoped that there
will be a substantial pick-up In
sales all over the state during
May!"
Safe Driving Urged
Over Holidays
Governor Elmo E. Smith today
urged state-wide support of the
"Slow Down and Live" traffic
safety campaign which will be
gin Memorial Day and continue
through Labor Day.
Governors of all 48 states have
pledged support of the drive,
sponsored by the national con
ference of state safety coordi
nators. Emphasis this year will be on
enforcement and will center
around the campaign's central
theme: reduction of violations
associated with speed too fast for
conditions, improper passing, fol.
lowing too closely and failure to
yield rightof way.
Smith said Oregon's goal is to
improve the accident record for
the heavily-traveled summer
months. Traffic fatalities in the
state last summer increased to
about 10 percent over 1954.
Oregon's program is headed by
secretary of state Earl T. Newbry
who represents the state on the
coordinators conference.