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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 31, 1956
73rd. Year, Number 12
New Lumber
Mill
To Start Here Soon
Trial operation of a new Hepp. , In addition to the Hinton creek
?vJLJS Hn'te S.tuds" ,Inc"- Is mill, United Studs has purchased
expectedtostartthisweekend.it , . t. t : .
was revealed hv SnenrPr TnlW a 12 acre tract Just west of HePP"
one of the incorporators of the
plant.
The mill, which is located on
the site of the former Black Moun
tain Lumber Company on Hinton
creek will incorporate the for
mer mill operated by Earl J.
Blake and a new scragg mill
which is now being built. The
plant will produce only stud lum
ber, 2 by 4's, eight feet in length.
The Blake mill, mill site and tim
ber holdings were purchased by
the new organization which is
composed of Tolley, Virgil Car
penter, both of Milton -Freewater;
Robert Jose, Mary Klug and
Frank Souther, all of Yakima.
The group has incorporated for
$100,000.
ner from Edward D. Clark and
Thomas C. Beymer,
Native of County,
Dies at The Dalles
Thomas C. Beymer, 68, a resi
dent of Morrow county for over
60 years, passed away May 27
at The Dalles. Services were held
today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. at
the Lexington Christian church
uith Ppv Vnrman Mnrthrnn nf.
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firiatinp TntAimont u-as in thol were neiu hi uir nuui ttutnur
Penland cemeterv at T.evinrtnn I lum Wednesday evening May 23
Mr. Beymer was born Feb. 22
lone Graduation
Exercises Held
Wednesday Night
Commencement exercises for
the lone grade and high school
Hereford Man New
lone School Head
The lone school board revealed
this week that it has named R. H.
Woodroof of Hereford, Oregon as
superintendent of the lone
schools for the coming year.
Woodroof has his B. A. and M.
S. degrees from UCLA and was
with the Los Angeles city schools
for three years before coming to
Hereford where he was superin
tendent and principal of the high
and grade schools for one year.
He is married and has two
children and will move his fam
ily to lone in about two weeks.
He replaces Phil G. Newitt who
leaves shortly to become superin
tendent of the Sunset Valley
school near Portland.
Donald Brostrom has been hired
as 8th grade teacher to replace
Wayne Pierce who resigned. He
is a graduate of the Oregon Col
lege of Education at Monmouth
and has taught in a school near
Dallas. He and his wife and one
child will move here In August,
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with Francis B. Nickerson, exe-
r-nti o ccrtitsri nf flip hioh ei'Vwl
this week started construction of 1 1888 at Eightmile and moved to u reations department of
a planer on the site. This fall it) Lexington in the early IMO's. He , the ate tem of highpr eilu.
c. n nnnnj u - :n i VM in Thar area until 100 urhan J D
, , , T7 cation as the main speaker.
lie moved to The Dalles. He was
married to Sylvia Booher at lone; For the services the proces
June 28, 1908. sional was played by the school
s..rvivtn n hie Hfa 6ii. i band and the recessional by Mrs,
daughters Mrs. VPrn (AnHrwi E' M- Baker' ReV' Wilfred McKay
Hanna, Lyle, Wn.; Mrs. William ! fave the invocation and benedlc-
is planned to move the mill to
the Heppner location.
The mill will cut an average of
50,000 board feet a day and the
planer will have a capacity of
150,000 feet a day. Land leveling
and construction has started on
the planer, but it will be some-
Weekend Wrecks
Put Seven Persons
Hospital
H. (Lucille) Massey, Houghton
time before this section will be'Wn.; Mrs. Ralph (Hazel) Bissett,
in operation, it was said.
To Employ About 30
The combined plant and log
ging operation, which is being
contracted by C. E. Lynch
Heppner, is expected to employ
about 30 men at the start with
the possibility of more later. The
company already has purchased
or contracted sufficient timber to
assure at least 3 to 5 years of
operation and negotiationes are
now in progress for the purchase
of considerably more stumpage.
The plant will utilize salvage and
small timber of a type not usually
logged by other types of opera
tions. Chipper Going In
Tolley also revealed that the
The Dalles; Mrs. William (Wil-
ma) Brokaw, Mercer Island, Wn.;
Mrs. Frank (Florence Ann) Shan
non of Portland; 16 grandchild-
0j ren, eight girls and eight boys;
una two Droiners, irea Beymer,
Klamath Falls; and Arthur (Pete)
Beymer of Portland.
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Storm Brings Rain,
Power Outages
The heaviest thunder storm of
the year hit Morrow county Wed
nesday evening following a Me
morial day holiday that was hot
and still and saw the mercury
company is installing a barker climb into the high 80's.
and chipper at the mill which I The storm struck Henpner about
Sumner New Manager
Or TALat Ellensburg
James Sumner, an employee of
the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co at
Heppner since November, 1954
left early this week for Ellens
burg, Washington where he has
taken over as manager of the
company yard there.
Sumner's place here has been
filled by Bob Williamson of Hepp.
ner who was recently released
from the armed services.
will be another step in utilizing
a larger portion of the entire
tree. All slab and much scrap
will be chipped and sold for the
manufacture of pulp or similar
type products.
All the members of the new
company are stockholders in con.
struction firms with headquarters
in the Yakima area. Carpenter is
manager of the sawmill opera-
tion- -JUS
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Water Resources
Committee o Hear
Regional Report
There will be an important
meeting of the Morrow county
water resources committee Wed
nesday, June 6 at the courthouse
at 8 p. m., committee chairman
Newt O'Harra announced this
week.
Marion Weatherford, Arlington,
chairman of the regional commit,
tee, and Ted Watson, engineer
for the Oregon Water Resources
board, will be here for the meet
ing. O'Harra and Weatherford will
give a report on the regional
commute meeting w ach wasth ,iri.0 , ,, " 6;
held last week in PPnrlWnn All I th.ese W3S thought to
committee chairmen and inter
ested persons are urged to attend.
7 o'clock and knocked out power
on two occasions for over two
hours. The first outage came
just as the storm hit when lightn.
ing struck a P. P. & L. power pole
on south Court street burning off
lines. Heppner was dark for an
hour and 40 minutes before the
break could be repaired. Earliel
Lexington and many ranches be.
tween there and Heppner were
dark for a short time.
About 4 a. m. there was an
other 20 minute outage caused
from a lightning strike some
where in the Hermiston or Pasco
area.
Month's Rain Heavy.
A considerable amount of rain
and some hail accompanied the
storm, Heppner getting .19 inch
and the Gooseberry area record
ing .53 inch. The added moisture
gave Heppner a total of 2.13 in
ches for May and Leonard Carl
son at Gooseberry has checked
2.59 for the month.
There were some reports of hail
during the storm but Thursday
morning no wheat damage
claims had been filed with local
insurance agents.
Telephones also suffered dur
mg me storm but damage to
Hey Day Winners' Names Revealed
Heppner Wranglers held their
annual Hey Day Sunday May 27
at the fair grounds beginning
with a downtown parade at 1 p.
m. which proceeded to the arena
where the show started at 1:30.
Officials in charge of the affair
were Cornett Green, Herman
Green, and Howard Bryant, arena
directors; W. O. George and
Bruce Lindsay, announcers; Jerry
Brosnan, race starter; Bill Healy,
Pat O'Brien, W. O. George, Ralph
Beamer and Cornett Green, stock;
Mary Beamer, Nadine O'Brien,
Faye Finch and Barbara Jordan,
timers; Harry Dinges, Wilbur
Steagall, John Eubanks and Wil
liam Smethurst, judges; Gerald
Swaggart, calf chute and George
Currin, field flagman.
Winners were, for cow riding,
Jack Edmondson, first; Bob Stea
gall, second and Dick Applegate,
minor.
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Ranger. Tells of
Long Range Forest
Management Plans
Hpnnnpr fnrpct rnntrnr Vin
2nd; and Jo Ann Brosnan, third. ' Kreimeyer spoke and sowed &
Women's cowgirl race, J4 mlle,'fJlm on National forest tlmber
rai aieagan, ursi; cnnsuiie
Swaggart, second; and Sandra
Eubanks, third.
Barrel race, juniors, 12 years
and under, Geraldine Swaggart,
first; Kit George, second and
Dave George, third; 13 through 17
years, Barbara Steagall, first; Pat
Steagall, second and Jim Stea
gall, third; seniors, Charley Daly,
first; Bill Healy, second; and
Cornett Green, third.
Calf roping, Cliff Adair, first;
Charley Daly, second and Bob
Steagall, third.
Kids pony race; Geradine Swag
gart, first; Sandra Eubanks, se
cond; Diana Fulleton, third.
Roping horse race, Don Robin
son, first; Cliff Adair, second;
Roice Fulletorf, third.
Musical rope race; juniors 12
tnira; siaKe race, juniors years and under, Bobbie Hutchins,
and under, Geraldine Swaggart, first; Kit George, second; Geral
first; Kit George, second and Mar- j dine Swaggart, third; 13 through
lene Fetsch, third; 13 through 17 17 years, Christine Swaggart, first;
years; Barbara Steagall first;! Larry Fetsch, second; Jim Stea-
pat bteagaii and Christine bwag- gail, third; seniors, Jean Boylen,
gart tied for second and third;
seniors, Jean Boylen, first; Cor
nett Green, second; and Kathryn
Healy and Cliff Adair tied for
third.
Pole bending; juniors, 12 years
and under, Geraldine Swaggart,
first; Bobbie Hutchins, second
and Kit George, third; 13 through
17 years, Christine Swaggart,
first; Larry Fetsch, second; Bar
bara Steagall, third; seniors,
James Farley, first; Jean Boylen,
first; Cornett Green, second; Bill
Healy, third.
Bat relay race; juniors, Sandra
Eubanks and Marlene Fetsch,
first; Kit George and David
George, second; ad Diana Fulle
ton and Bobby Hutchins, third;
13 through 17 years, Christine
Swaggart and Geraldine Swag
gart, first; Pat Steagall and Bar
bara Steagall, second; Bobby
Fetsch and Jimmy Steagall, third;
seniors, Ron Currin and Eddie
resources review Monday noon
at the Heppner-Morrow county
Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Kreimeyer explained how the
review of federal, state and pri
vate timber was made and how
the facts obtained aided the ser
vice in timber management. He
said the program was set up for
long range planning of forest re
sources and predicted that within
50 years the tendency of the lum
ber industry would be to swing
back to the south and east as
forest resources there grew back
up.
He said that the biggest prob
lem in forest management was
not in the state or national for
ests, but in the small privately
owned plots of timber which con
tain a big portion of the country's
remaining timber resource. Con
tinuing changes in industry,
Kreimeyer said, will increase the
percentage of use of timber in the
future, pointing to the use of
chips in pulp and fiber board
products.
tion and the school chorus pro
vided musical numbers as did
Karen Lundell with a piano solo.
Valedictory addresses were de
livered by co-valedictorians Er
nest Drake and Anna Jepsen and
the salutatory by Gerry White.
High school diplomas were pre
sented by Lloyd Howton, chair
man of the board to Gary Bren
ner, Carolyn Crabtree, Ernest
Drake, Anna Jepsen, Lindsay
Kincaid, Judy Mason, James
Pryse, Robert Pryse, Keith Rea,
Wayne Rietmann, Jean Ann
Swanson, Gerry White and Alvin
McCabe. Donna Peterson and
Darlene Drake were correspon
dent students.
Superintendent Phil Newitt
presented the following awards:
music, Ernest Drake; band, Gary
Brenner; sports, Ernest Drake;
typing, Jean Ann Swanson; voca.
tion and shop, James Pryse; Sci
ence, Wayne Rietmann; citizen
ship, Bill Salter; citizenship and
names on plaque, Anna Jepsen,
Alvln McCabe and Drake. Awards
for being top students, Ernest
Drake," Anna Jepsen and Gerry
White.
The following scholarships
were announced: Gary Brenner,
alternate to OSC; Judy Mason to
Pacific University; Gerry White,
alternate to Portland State; Jean
Ann Swanson, Eastern Oregon
College. Ernest Drake and Miss
Jepsen each receive k $200 Elks
scholarship to the college of their
choice and she has a nurses
scholarship pending.
Grant Rigby presented eighth
grade diplomas to Ralph Akers,
Mary Emert, Grant Rigby, Jr.,
Karen Lundell, Harry Swart, Mel
vin Martin, Linda Heimbigner,
Ronald Esteb, Harold Rietmann,
Phil Emert Jr., Brenda Kay Town
send and Robert Akers.
Superintendent Newitt gave
awards to Karen Lundell for
music and to being top in the
class, to Phil Emert Jr. for plac
ing second and to Ralph Akers
for athletics.
A reception followed the exer
cises with Mrs. Earl McCabe In
charge and other members of the
P-TA assisting. Mothers of the
members of the graduating class
poured and served the punch.
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NOT FREE PARKING Two Condon Air Force men found last Sat
urday that parking on the courthouse lawn was an expensive pro
position. The two, Ralph G. Giltner, 23 and James J. Dillon. 22,
got stuck on the front lawn after they had driven to the Jail park
ing lot to visit two buddies who had been locked up earlier in the
evening. City officer Dean Gilman iound the car and the two men
and marched them the 100 feet to the jail where they spent the
rest ot the night. The following morning they pleaded guilty to
being drunk in a public place and were each fined $50 and $4.50
costs plus a S6.00 towing charge.
Five County Students
To Graduate From
Oregon State June 4
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Five students from Heppner and
surrounding area will receive
degrees at Oregon State college's
87th annual commencement June
4.
They are Kenneth Jackson Tur
nre, bachelor's of agriculture;
Philip Conway Smith, bachelor's
degree in forestry; both from
Heppner. Merle Keith Tannehill
of Boardman will receive a bache
lor's degree in agriculture; and
Ray Gerald Anderson, also of
Boardman, will receive a master's
of education degree. lone stu
dent John Lawrence Bristow will
receive a bachelor's degree from
the school of business and technology.
OSC will confer 1106 degrees
this year, including a record G8
doctor's degrees, 170 masters de
grees, 858 bachelor's degrees, and
one professional civil engineer
ing degree. Six students will get
two degrees.
President A. L. Strand will con
fer the degrees and deliver his
annual class message at the com
mencement program.
The exercises -will be held in
the coliseum, starting at 10 a. rp.
to assure maximum seating for
relatives and visitors.
As part of the commencement
program, 166 graduating senior
men will be commissioned as re
serve officers in the air force,
army, navy, and marine corps.
Local Elks Attend
Clinic Dedication,
State Convention
EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in the courthouse in
Heppner on Tuesday, June 5 from
9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m.
DEER AND ELK HUNTERS FIND 1955
SEASONS GOOD IN NORTHEAST OREGON
second and Bob Steagall, third. Brosnan, first; Pat O'Brien and
Sack race, 12 years and under, Bill Healy, second; Merlyn Robin. I Anderson
uiana ruiieiun, iirsi, ueraiuine , son and Uon KObinson. th rd
Swaggart,
Eubanks,
second; and Sandra
Americanism Awards
Go to Graduates
The Heppner American Legion
Auxiliary Americanism essay
award medals and prizes were
presented to winners at the
eighth grade graduation exer
cises last week by John Snyder,
instructor.
The winners were, for girls,
Connie Anderson, first; and Carol
second. For boys,
Thomas Driscoll, first and Mickey
One fourth mile cowboy race; Van Schoiack, second,
3rd; 13-17, Barbara Ray Papineau, first; Cliff Adair,! The essays were Judged bv a
Oregon hunters proved to be
deadeyes during the 1955 deer
seasons. Final tabulations of
the kill show a whopping total
of 134,089 deer taken setting a
new record for the state.
Hunters reported taking 82,136
bucks and 48,955 antlerless deer
during the general season. Con
trolled hunts produced .2,743 ani
mals while 252 were taken by
bow hunters. A total of 230,588
nimrods participated, also a re
cord, and enjoyed a 59 per cent
success.
As in the past, hunters in Wal
lowa county enjoyed the best
luck where 76 per cent of the
5,377 nimrods who hunted there
reported bagging an animal. Re-,
ports show a total of 4,085 deer
were taken of which 2,733 were
bucks.
Hunters in Wheeler county were
second on the list with a 74.5
per cent success reported by 6,
853 hunters. Of the 5,107 deer
taken in Wheeler county, 3,054
were bucks.
Third was Harney county where
9,639 hunters reported bagging 7.
In number of animals produced,
Klamath county led all others by
a good "margin. A total of 11,421
deer were taken by 19,327 hunt
ers. Of this number 7,069 were
bucks, and 4,352 were antlerless
animals. "
Grant county was second with
10,639 animals killed of which
6,997 were bucks. A total of 14,
749 nimrods reported hunting in
Grant county.
Lake county was third with
16,035 hunters taking 9,945 ani
mals, 5,263 of which were bucks,
land Deschutes county fourth
where 16,910 hunters reported
taking 9,736 animals, 5,149 of
which were bucks. High western
Oregon county and fifth on the
list was Lane county which pro
duced 8,812 animals for 14,465
nimrods. Of these, 5,263 were
bucks.
Surprising enough was the
number of deer produced in the
heavily populated Multnomah
county where 323 hunters report
ed bagging 136 animals.
In Morrow county 3,621 hunters
killed 2,525 deer of which 1,462
were bucks for a percentage of
Representatives from the Hepp
ner Elks lodge attended dedica
tion ceremonies May 30 of the
children's eye clinic in the new
University of Oregon medical
school hospital in Portland.
The clinic, founded in 1949 by
the Oregon State Elks association
for needy children, has finished
moving into pew quarters in the
teaching and research hospital.
Attending from here were sec
retary Jack Bailey and Jack Van
Winkle of the OSEA's committee
for visually handicapped child
ren. Speak was Edgar W. Smith,
Portland civic leader and former
chairman of the state board of
education. . . , ,
At the ceremonies the Heppner
lodge presented the clinic with a
check for $500.
Following the dedication the
Elks went on to Seaside for the
state convention being held there
May 31 to June 2. In addition
to Bailey and Van Winkle, other
Heppner Elks who are attending
the convention include La Verne
Van Marter Jr., exalted ruler;
Del Jordan, John Hartman, Wil
liam Labhart, Alton Yarnell, Lo
well Gribblo, Everett Kelthlev.
Glenn Ward and Harlan McCurdv
Jr.
Also at the convention are the
Elks trap team composed of P. W.
Mahoney, George Snider, Dale
Brown, Harvey Smith and Luke
Bibby.
Steagall, 1st.; Christine Swaggart, second; and Bill Healy, third. committee outside the local unit. 1 26.6 per cent success ratio.
0663 deer of which 5,086 carried 69.7 successful hunters,
antlers. Success among these Elk hunters were also success
hunters was 73.3 percent. j f ul in the county with 1,198 per
Other counties where luck ran sons killing 198 elk for a hfgh
high include Baker county where ( percentage of 16.65 percent. Dur
72.3 per cent of the 7.854 hunters , ing the special 1955 controlled
were successful, Grant county j elk season in the Heppner dis
where 14,749 hunters enjoyed a ' trict, 100 permits were issued and
72.- per cent success, and Mai-'62 elk were killed giving the
heur county where 71.6 per cent ' highest percentage of kill of any
of the 5,157 hunters bagged an of the special elk hunts.
animal. Low Oregon county was
Clatsop where 2.490 hunters re-
ponea laKing bbj oucks for a
Mrs. Mabel Chaffee and Mrs.
Ethel Zeimantz spent four days
in Portland the first of last week.
Kinzua Pays $99000
For Forest Timber
At Tuesday Sale
In one of the largest national
forest timber sales in recent
years held Tuesday at Pendleton,
Kinzua Corporation paid $99,000
for 3,300,000 feet of Ponderosa
pine, Douglas fir and western
larch timber located in the Burnt
Cabin creek drainage, 9 miles
northeast of Spray.
The timber all lies within the
Heppner ranger district of the
Umatilla national forest and is
located in Wheeler county. The
pine brought $37.75 per M; the
fir and larch $9.40 per M.
Another smaller sale of tim
ber on Shaw creek east of Hepp
ner is planned later this year.
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Aspirants for School
Board Posts Must
File by Petition
Voters of school district No. 1
were reminded this week of the
coming election of two school
board members and the require
ment that names presented must
be by petition signed by at least
25 voters and filed with the school
clerk at least 10 days prior to the
election.
Two positions will be open, one
for five years and the other for
a one-year term. The election
will be held at the annual school
meeting on June 18.
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Mrs. Charles Earlow arrived
home this week after a seven
months stay in Eugene with her
daughters. She was accompanied
home by her sister, Mrs. Elma
Gilliam of Portland and her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Akers
of Aumsville, Oregon.
Four separate accidents over
the past weekend, two of them
occuring Saturday night near
Spray, put seven persons in the
Pioneer Memorial hospital, three
with serious injuries.
Forrest Burkenbine of Heppner
suffered the fracture of two ver
tebras in the lower back when
his car went off the road, about
two miles east of Spray on the
John Day highway early Sunday
morning. According to reports, he
apparently went to sleep at the
wheel. He is reported in good
condition but will be confined
with a body cast for about two
months.
Four persons, all from Kinzua
or that immediate area, were
brought to Pioneer hospital by
ambulance and state police early
Sunday morning when the car
in which they were riding want
off the road about one mile east
of Spray. This accident occurred
at approximately the same time
as did Burkenblne's.
Most seriously injured of the
four was Keith Madden, 28 who
suffered severe facial lacerations
and compound jaw fractures. His
condition is reported as fair.
Gary Stumper, 15, suffered a
broken back in the same wreck.
He is reported improving and will
be confined for some time. Elva
Louise Nelson, 19, suffered con
cussion and facial lacerations and
Kay Flack, 19 had severe lacer
ations and shock. All are still
hospitalized.
The accident occurred in Whee-
ler county so no detailed report
was made here.
Sunday night Phoebe Whitney
of Condon received a cerebral
concussion, broken jaw and lac
erations as a result of a car ac
cident In the Condon area. She
Is being treated at Pioneer hospl.
tal, but no information on the
cause of the accident is known.
Tuesday afternoon Avery
Shown of Irrlgon was admitted to
the hospital after befng found
unconscious in his overturned
car near the top of the moun
tains on the Heppner-Spray road.
He was brought here by a pass
ing motorist and his Injuries are
not thought to be serious.
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Boardman Phone
Modernizing Set
WASHINGTON, D. C. (Special)
Congressman Sam Coon an
nounced that the Rural Electrifi
cation Administration today ap
proved a loan of $539,000 to the
East Oregon Telephone Company
at Pilot Rock.
This new company plans to
buy out the Indpendent Tele
phone Company at Pilot Rock
and the Boardman Telephone
Company. Additional facilities
will be constructed to serve 550
new subscribers in addition to
the 750 receiving service from the
present companies.
It is planned to provide dial
service to those present subscrib
ers who have magneto phones.
Memorial Day Pioneer
Picnic Attracts
Crowd of Over 160
Over 160 visitors and local resi
dents gathered at the fair pavil
ion Wednesday for the third an
nual Pioneer picnic and a day of
visiting with old friends.
Master of ceremonies for the
short program was J. O. Turner,
vice president of the Pioneer as
sociation. Main speaker was
county Judge Garnet Barratt with
several other former residents
giving short talks. Musical num.
bers were given by Cheryle and
Karen Lundell, Mrs, J. O. Turner
and Norman Peters.
Harold Becket, chairman of the
Heppner cemetery maintenance
district, told of the progress made
during the year in rehabilitating
the cemetery and the plans for
the future.
New officers for the coming
year were elected by the group.
I hey are Mrs. Charles Becket,
vice president and Mrs. Roy Nelll,
secretary. They will name a presi
dent shortly.
This was the third meeting
of the organization and more
than half of those present were
former residents of this area who
now live elsewhere.
Mrs. Walter Barger and son
Wally of Gresham were visiting
last week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Collins,