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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 14, 1956
73rd Year, Number 14
Acreage Allotment
Deadline June 30;
Figures Released
Farmers on land on which no
wheat was seeded for grain for
any of the years 1954, 55 and 56
may apply for a 1957 wheat acre
age allotment, according to Nor
man Nelson, chairman of the
Morrow county Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation com
mittee. To be considered for an allot
ment on a farm which had no
wheat seeded for grain for any of
those years, the farmer must ap
ply in writing to his county ASC
office by June 30.
Blank application forms are
available at tne county ASC of
fk'2 for use in filing requests for
allotments.
The ASC office also revealed
this week that the 1957 wheat
acreage allotment for the county
has been set at 114,876 acres, a
cut of 34.8 percent. This compares
with a 1956 allotment of 117,010
acres which was a reduction of
25.8 percent. The reason for the
lower percentage figure for next
year is because of the rotation
schedule of lands in Summer fal
low, it was said.
Allotment schedules have not
yet been sent out to growers by
the ASC office due to the uncer
tainty in the federal program.
They will probably be mailed by
the end of June, however.
It was also announced that the
wheat marketing quota referen
dum vote will be held on July 20.
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4-H Club Members
At Summer School
A delegation of 32 4-H club
members left Lexington Tuesday
morning by Greyhound bus for
the ten day 4-H summer school
to be held on the Oregon State
college campus, June 12 through
22.
Club members making the trip
were selected by Morrow county
4-H leaders Non the basis of 4-H
activities. All were 13 or more
years of age, have completed at
least two years of club work
and have been doing a good job
in project work and other activi
ties within their club.
Some last minute changes were
made, with Roger Doherty, Hepp
ner, replacing Burrell Cooley, of
Irrigon, while Mrs. Leland Hardy
replaced Mrs. J. L. Cooley as a
chaperone. Mrs Hardy, the for
mer Patricia Peck, was active in
club work for seven years as a
member and as an assistant lea
der. Those attending 4-H summer
school are: Carole Anne Ander
son, Janet Wright, Connie Ander
son, Shirley Nash, Roger Doherty,
Dennis Doherty, Wilma Bothwell,
Janice Martin, Bonnie Hannon,
Heppner; Karl Beach, Billy Do
herty, Russell Dolven, Carol Ann
Palmer, Lexington; Judy Howton,
Grace McCabe, Jean Martin, Mar.
dine Baker, Judy Morgan, Mari
lyn Morgan, Kenneth Smouse,
Brenda Townsend, Linda Hams,
Karen Lundell, Ann Baker, lone;
Sandra Rhea, Echo; Daryl Hoff
man, Maxine Sicard, Carolyn
Baker, Boardman
Local Bakery Holds
Bread Prices Down
Though bread prices were
raised the first of the week by
all Portland bakeries, Dan Hut
chinson, owner of the Heppner
Bakery, said this week that he is
holding the line on his regular
bread prices.
Portland bakeries announced
a two cent per loaf increase on
the large loaves and one cent on
the one-pound loaves effective
Monday. Hutchinson said his
prices will remain at 28 cents for
the large and 20 cents for the
small size.
I-INS Class Of 1920 Holds Reunion
Nine of the 14 members of the
graduating class of 1920 of Hepp
ner high school held a class re
union Sunday, June 10 at the
Portland home of one of the class,
members, Mrs. John G. Clouston.
All the members of the class,
except one, whose address was
not then known, were advised of
the reunion, and only four were
unable to attend.
The day was topped by a buffet
luncheon at Mrs. Clouston's home
which was decorated with many
reminders of the class member's
high school days.
Attending were the class ad
visor, Mrs. Albert J. (Martha
Struck) Brunquist of Parkdale
and nine members of the class
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QUEEN PATSY WRIGHT, and her court last week posed for their Hirst official 1956 Morrow county fair
and rodeo picture... Shown left to right are princesses Janet Myers, Lena community; Sue Coleman,
lone; Queen Patsy, and princesses Maxine Sicard of Boardman and Pat Steagall oi Lexington.
(Photo by Irene Wilson)
Rosewall Reelected
TV Head; Second
Channel Due Soon
W. C. Rosewall was reelected
president of Heppner TV, Inc.
Monday evening at the first an
nual meeting of the corporation
which provides cable television
to Heppner residents.
Lowell Gribble and E. C.
Dougherty were reelected to the
board and E. E. Gonty and L. E.
Dick, Jr. were named new di
rectors. It was announced at the meet
ing that the work is now under
way to put another channel on
the cable, giving local viewers
two TV stations. Engineers have
succeeded in receiving a good
oicture from KLOR-TV Portland,
channel 12, and as rapidly as
necessary converters and equip
ment can be obtained and in
stalled, the station will be fed
into the system. It is expected to
be several weeks, however, before
the station will be seen here.
Waterways Group Has
Aided Local Growers
County judge and Mrs. Garnet
Barratt returned Monday from
Lewiston, Idaho where he at
tended a director's meeting of
the Inland Empire Waterways as.
sociation.
This organization, composed of
individuals, county courts, port
districts, industrial and farm
groups has for over 20 years
been one of the most influential
in promoting the development of
the Columbia river and tribu
taries. The efforts of the association
in promoting the development of
dams and locks on the Columbia
has encouraged a more rapid ex
pansion of navigation facilities
which has to date, saved Morrow
county grain growers many
thousands of dollars in freight
charges, Barrat said. Freight
rates from Morrow county ship
ping points are still about the
same as 1930 while up-river
points that do not have compe
titive rail-water facilities have
increased up to 70 percent.
Although Morrow county and a
very few other organizations con
tribute to the support of the as
sociation, assistance from many
others who would benefit from its
efforts would be welcome, Bar
ratt said.
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Rev. and Mrs. Lester . Boulden
and daughter Celia and Carolyn
McDaniel left Sunday for a ten
days vacation in Montana and
Salt Lake City.
including Herbert Hynd, Cecil;
Elizabeth Phelps, Vancouver,
Wn.; Mrs. A. G. (Erda Frad) Pie
per, Lexington; Mrs. Harry (Mar
garet Doherty) Howard, Kent,
Wn.; Mrs. Rhea (Odile Groshens)
Luper, Portland; Mrs. Cyrene
Lieuallen Barratt, Corvallis; Mrs.
R. A. (Ruth Huddleston) Fletcher,
Ukiah, Ore.; Mrs. John G. (Alma
Devin) Clouston, Portland; Mrs.
Loyal R. (Etta Devin) Parker,
Heppner.
Others present were Mrs. Her
bert Hynd, R. A. Fletcher and
Loyal R. Parker.
During the afternoon other
schoolmates at Heppner high
called and joined in the visit.
They were Loye Devore, Portland;
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Pomona Work is
Praised at Meet
Morrow county Pomona
Grange's exemplification of the
fifth degree by the county Po
mona team at the state Grange
convention last week in Pendle
ton was given high praise by the
state master Elmer McClure. The
team put on its work Tuesday
night in the Hawthorne school
gymnasium.
Taking part were master, El
mer Palmer; overseer, Barton
Clark; chaplain, Pearl Wright;
steward, Frank Parker; assistant
steward, Walter Wright; lady as
sistant steward, Ruth Bergstrom;
secretary, Mildred Wright; treas
urer, Harold Wright; Pomona,
Velva Bechdolt; ceres, Roxie Lov
gren; flora, Marilyn Bergstrom;
executive committee Ray Wright,
Delbert Wright, L. Babbs; musi
cian Eugenia Huston; specter,
Archie Bechdolt; assisting were
Ray and Emma Drake all of Rhea
Creek Grange.
The Pomona court included
Jean Nelson in charge; Verna
Jones, Viola Berger and Ruth
Russell of Irrigon; LaRetta Do
byns, Geneva Palmer and Wilma
Huston of Willows grange. The
Tableaux, "Hope", Edith Miller,
Lexington; song "Welcome",
Faye Munkers, Lexington; duet,
"Whispering Hope", Mary Lee
Marlow and Flossie Coats, ac
companied by Margaret Thorpe
of Greenfield Grange.
Assisting were Pat Townsend
and Dot Halvorsen, Willows; Joe
Gutteridge, state deputy, arid
Alvin Wagenblast, Lexington,
Pomona master.
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County Building
Two New Bridges
Two new bridges either have
been completed or are currently
under construction by county
road crews, it was announced
this week by the county court.
A new 42 foot span was finish
ed this week on the Willow creek
crossing of the Clark's Canyon
road in Lexington and work is
started on a new 32 foot bridge
near the Pat Mollahan place
about three miles west of Hepp
ner. The court also revealed that
reconstruction of the Willow creek
road above Heppner was progres
sing on schedule, but that paving
plans are currently held up be
cause state engineers have not
completed preparation of speci
fications. Mrs. Brownie Devore Hoyt, Port
land; Mrs. Eulalia Butler Bailey,
Portland; Mrs. Richard (Norma
Frederic) Lee, Portland; Mrs. Earl
(Charlotte Hall) Gordon, Port
land; Mrs. E. L. (Lorraina Gros
hens) Vinton, Portland; Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn C. Jones, Portland;
and Mrs. George (Pearl Hall)
Stevens, Salem.
M9mbers of the class who were
unable to attend were Mrs. Wil
bur (Vialette Corrigall) Gourley,
Heppner; Mrs, O. H. (Mae French)
McPherrin, of MiltonFreewater;
Mrs. Hobart (Bernice Githins)
Lovett, Berkeley, Calif.; Mrs.
Edythe Boyd Burke, Portland;
and Everett Pattison, Pittsburgh,
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Local 4-Hers Win
Honors at The Dalles
Stock Show, Sale
Morrow county 4-H members
who participated in the 10th an
nual Oregon Wheat Growers Lea.
gue 4-H FFA fat stock show and
sale held last week in The Dal
les brought home their share of
honors in the showmanship, judg
ing and exhibitors classes. Twenty-seven
4-H members exhibited
20 steers, 16 lambs and five pigs.
Of these exhibits, 21 received blue
ribbons, 16 red ribbons, and three
white ribbons.
Russell Dolven, Lexington Live,
stock club was top beef judge of
the show, while Tom Pointer and
Martha Doherty, also of the Lex
ington club and Bill Brannon,
lone Livestock club, placed in
the ten top individual livestock
judges, with over 200 club
members participating. In the
shorthorn class, " Billy Doherty,
Lexington showed the champion,
an animal bred by John Graves,
Hardman, while Donald Hughes,
Heppner, showed the reserve
champion shorthorn, a calf which
he purchased from Howard Cleve
land, Heppner. Kenneth Nelson,
Lexington showed the champion
black face lamb, while Connie
Anderson, Heppner had the re
serve champion black face. Both
were lambs raised by them. Ro
land Ekstrom, lone took first
place with his prime calf, a Here
ford shown in the medium weight
class. The Hereford was bred by
Delbert Emert, lone.
Kenneth Nelson, Lexington,
also placed first in the junior
class showmanship contest of 12
years and under and was third
in final competition for grand
champion showman. In the jun
ior showmanship class judged by
the Danish system, Morrow county
4-H members won five out of'
"seven blue ribbons. Tom Martin,
Lexington was judged second in
the intermediate class showman
ship contest. Martha Doherty, of
Lexington, won first place in the
light Southdown class and Roger
Doherty, Heppner, won fourth in
heavy Southdowns.
In a breakdown of total exhi
bits at the show, Roland Ekstrom,
Bill Brannon, lone; Larry Camp
bell, Echo; Billy Doherty, Lexing
ton, Donald Hughes, Gary Van
Blokland, Don Casteel, Dennis
Doherty Heppner and Carol Ann
Palmer, Lexington, exhibited blue
ribbon beef. Bill Brannon, Phil
Emert, Jr., lone Jerry Anderson,
Daniel Wardwell, Roger Doherty,
Heppner and Joe Palmer and
Karl Beach, Lexington, showed
red ribbon beef, while Don Cas
teel, Lexington, and Kenneth
Smouse, lone, showed white rib
bon fat beef.
In the sheep class, Connie An
derson, Heppner showed two,
Dennis Doherty showed two, Mar.
tha and Roger Doherty, each one,
in blue ribbon class, while Ken
neth Nelson, Karl Eeach, Sandra
Beach, Jimmy Martin, Tommy
Martin, Janet Palmer of Lexing
ton showed blue ribbon lambs,
with Russell Dolven, Tom Pointer,
Louise Pointer showing red rib
bon lambs, and David George,
Heppner, a white ribbon lamb.
Jerry Anderson, Heppner, showed
a pen of four fat hogs and a
single, winning red ribbons.
The show was well supported
by Morrow county people, with
most of the parents of the 4-H
members present. All fat stock
brought a premium over market
price, ranging from two to seven
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County learn
Wins Third Place
At Junior Olympics
The Morrow county team which
took part in last week's Junior
Olympics at Portland came home
with third place honors among
the 19 teams which took part.
They were beaten in team totals
only by Beaverton and Portland.
Forty-six boys and girls, 23
each from Heppner and lone
schools comprised the team and
many of them won top positions,
though none set any new state
or national records.
Winners were: girls 11 and
uiut.T, 200 yard shuttle relay,
team of ShcryU; Hartinan, Laura
Sumner. Linda She Loyd, Julie
l'feiffer. .second place.
Running broad jump, Mickey
Nichols, first. Running broad
jump. Mainline Baker, lone,
ihiid. Running high jump, Kay
Sherer, lone, first. Running broad
jump, Tim Driscoll, third. 440
yard dash, Berl Akers, lone third.
Running broad jump Dick Sherer,
lone first and he tied the state
record of 18-1. Shot put, Bill
Salter, lone, first.
The Morrow county team won
30 points total and was headed
only by Beaverton with 146, and
Portland with 127 points. It was
the first time the county has sent
a complete team to the games.
Sandhollow Stampede
Set By Wranglers
Another Wrangler Riding club
Sunday event, the Sandhollow
Stampede, which will be held at
the Don Evans ranch, will be
held Sunday, June 17. The ride
starts from the Cohn place at
10 a. m., lunch is scheduled for
12 noon and the show will start
at 1 p. m.
Ten events, including the regu
lar races and roping events are
planned, as well as some addi
tional events jackpot cow rid
ing, and jackpot wild cow milk
ing are on the afternoon's pro
gram. Arena director is Don Robinson,
flagmen will be Al Fetsch and
Archie Munkers, judges are Har
old Johnston and Tad Miller and
the announcer is Bruce Lindsay.
Sponsors are Mr. and Mrs. Tad
Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mun
kers, Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Johnston, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Turner, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Barratt, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Orval
Matheney, Mr. and Mrs. Roice
Fulleton, Altha Kirk and Joyce
Buschke.
HEPPNER POOL OPEN
The Heppner swimming pool
opened last week with Bob Dobbs
acting as temporary lifeguard.
For the time being, until regu
lar guard and instructor Larry
Dowen returns from vacation,
the pool will be open from 1 to 5
p. m. daily. The schedule will
probably be increased later.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Kohlman
and two daughters of Portland
visited over the weekend at the
home of her sister and brother-in.
law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Quacken-bush.
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A CERTIFICATE of commendation for maintaining safe working
conditions end preventing accidents during the past year has been
presented to Pacific Power & Light employees In Heppner. J. R.
Huffman (right) local manager for the company is shown accept
ing the certificate from D. B. Leonard. PP&L assistant general
manager, at annual meeting in Waila Walla,
Heppner Voters to
Pick School Directors,
Decide on Extra Funds
Voters of Heppner school district
1 CJ will go to the polls next
Monday, June 18 to elect two
directors and pass upon a supple,
mental budget of $15,660.75 that
is needed to continue the school's
remodeling and enlargement
plan.
The annual school meeting and
election will be held from 2 to 8
p. m. in the multi purpose room
of the new grade school.
There are two positions on the
school board to be filld at the
election and two local residents
have filed petitions seeking the
posts. Jack Loyd, manager of
the Tum-A Lum Lumber company
is seeking reelection for a one
year term and Harlan McCurdy
Jr. is running for the five year
term. Loyd is presently a mem
ber of the board, having been ap
pointed early this year to fill the
vacancy created when Ed Colli-
son resigned when he moved to
Ritzville, Washington.
The five year term which will
Elks Lodge Plans
Special Flag Day
Services Tonight
La Verne Van Marter, J,., ex
alted ruler of the Heppner Elks
lodge, today called for a community-wide
demonstration of
loyalty to the flag and country on
Flag Day, June 14.
The lodge will observe the day
tonight (Thursday) with special
Flag Day service at 7:30 at the
lodge hall. The public is in
vited to attend. The program will
include introductory exercises by
the exalted ruler and officers,
musical selections and a history
of the flag by Milton Morgan Jr.
The lodge, through its head
officer Van Marter, urged every
citizen in the Elks "Show Your
Colors" campaign by flying the
flag in commemoration of the
179th anniversary of the flag's
adoption by the Continental Con
gress on June 14, 1777. The 1,
754 lodges of the order are join
ing the observance.
Patsy Wright Leaves
For Nat. 4-H Camp
Patsy Wright, a 10-year 4-H
club member and queen of the
1956 fair and rodeo, left Sunday
for national 4-H club camp. Patsy,
with three other Oregon club
members will spend a week at
tending the national camp In
Washington D. C. and will make
special visiting to places of in
terest around the capitol.
Contrary to the name, the na
tional 4-H camp is not a camp.
Delegates stay at hotels in Wash
ington and attend training ses
sions in government, and citizen
ship. She will return to Morrow
county June 27.
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DINNER CANCELLED
The Father's Day dinner sche
duled for Sunday by the Rhea
Creek Grange has been cancelled,
it was announced this week by
Grange officers.
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be vacant has been held by
board chairman, L. E. Dick Jr.
who has served on the board for
10 years. He is not seeking re
election. Funds Requested
Voters will also be asked to
approve a supplemental district
budget of $15,660.75 which is
needed to continue the board's
long-range plan of enlarging and
modernizing school facilities.
This money is planned for the
moving and enlarging of the
home economics department in
the high school. The department
has been housed in small base
ment rooms which are needed for
future expansion and remodeling
of the kitchen and cafeteria fa
cilities part of next year's pro
gram. The money was budgeted by
the district for next year, but the
funds were refused by the rural
school board, because of a pro
gram, inaugurated this year, of
not allowing any county district
funds for any major capital out
lay. The rural board, in refus
ing to include the money in the
county-wide equalized levy, felt
that money for such work should
be raised within the individual
districts.
Board chairman L E. Dick, Jr.,
told the chamber of commerce
Monday of the district's plans,
and said that this year's re
modeling is part of the overall
program developed some years
ago by the board. The first step
in the plan was the construction
last year of the new grade school.
The special vote will be for a
one-year levy of approximately 3
mills and will bring the district
one step closer to a completion
of its four-year modernizing
program. The proposal is not for
a bond issue, just a one-year
levy. Had the rural board allowed
the funds, as it has in past years,
the money would hvae been in
cluded in the county school levy,
but because of the change for
next year, voters of this district
must approve the request.
Dick emphasized at the cham
ber meeting that the remodeling
plan for which the money Is
being asked, is not a new pro
gram, but just a part of the over
all moderniging scheduled by
the board to be carried on over a
four or five year period.
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PP&L Expansion To
Double Supply; Local
Power Use Increases
Pacific Power & Light company
is building two new generating
plants that will double Its sys
tem-wide power output within
the next two and one-half years,
Paul B. McKee, company presi
dent, told members of the or
ganization from Heppner who
attended a regional employee
meeting in Walla Walla Thurs
day.
This power development pro
gram, which includes the new
Swift plant on the Lewis River
and facilities to bring this sup
ply of electricity to users, will re
quire an investment of $131,000,-
000, he said.
In addition to the major power
plants Pacific Power & Light now
has under construction, the com
pany is working with three
neighbor utilities to develop the
Pleasant Valley and Mountain
Sheep hydroelectric projects on
the middle Snake River. All pre
liminary work has been com
pleted on the Pleasant Valley
and Mountain Sheep dams, and
the Federal Power Commission
lias scheduled hearings to start
June 25 on the companies' ap
plication for a license to build
the two projects.
McKee cited growth and de
velopment of the Heppner area as
typical of the region-wide need
for added power supply through
out the Pacifiic Northwest.
Power deliveries into this area
have increased by 115 within
the past five years, he pointed
out.
Contributing to this increas
ing use of electric power are
growing commercial and Indus
trial activity, widespread accept
ance of electric pumping and
springier irrigation to increase
the acreage of irrigated crop land,
and the purchase of thousands of
new electric appliances for both
new and existing homes.
Present for the meeting in
Walla Walla were 255 members
of the company organization from
southeastern Washington and
northeastern Oregon.
Attending from Heppner were:
J. R. Huffman, local PP&L manager,