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Pcgt 6 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, June 14, 1956 Cattle Market Again Climbs HERMISTON The weather warmed up and so did the mar ket at the llermiston Livestock Commission Co. auction Friday. Feeder and stocker steers were higher and other prices held steady as 115 consignors put 406 cattle, 185 hogs and 48 sheep on the block. Manager Delbert An son said the snappy sale Just "banged right off." Earning top prices from Mor row county were Larry Gentry, Heppner, 17.80 cwt for a 555 pound heifer; II. O. Ely, Board man, 16.20 cwt for a 1410-pound white face bull; Vernon Munn, Lexington, 14.00 cwt for a 985 pound white face cow; and L. H. Pell, Heppner, 17.17 cwt. for six white face feeder steers of 4025 pounds. More grass fat heifers and cows will be needed for next Friday's sale, Anson announced. He ad ded that there would also be an increased call for feeder steers what with the potato season in the Yakima valley opening up. The market: CATTLE: Baby calves, 7.50 to 19.00 per head; steer calves, 17.10 to 18.20 cwt.; heifer calves, 14.40 to 16.10 cwt.; veal, 18.50 to 21.50 cwt.; stocker steers, 14.90 to 16.30 cwt.; feeder steers, 16.50 to 17.90 cwt.; grass fat heifers, 16.10 to 17.80 cwt.; fat slaughter steers, 17.10 to 18.80 cwt.; dariy cows, 81.00 to 112.50 per head; com mercial cows, 12.60 to 14.10 cwt.; utility cows, 11.20 to 12,30 cwt.; canners and cutters, 8.20 to 10.10 cwt.; few Holstein cows, to 10.80 cwt.; shells, 4.20 to 7.20 cwt.; and bulls, 12.90 to 16.20 cwt. HOGS: Weaner pigs, 4.50 to 7.50 per head; feeder pigs 13.40 to 15.60 cwt.; fat hogs, K i1 to Open House Set for Sunday by Kinzua Community Church Open house at the Kinzua Com. munity church at Kinzua has been announced for Sunday after noon, June 17 at 2:45. The con gregation Is presenting a new structure for inspection and In vites any of their Morrow county friends to drive over for the oc casion. The former church was destroy ed by fire last December and through the cooperation of Kin zua Corporation a new structure has been completed which fea tures a multi purpose activity room used by Boy Scouts, 4-H clubs, etc., during the week, Sun day school classes or as a nur sery during church services. The chapel has beautifully con, structed oak furniture and other appointments that will make s visit worthwhile. A short dedi cation service and special music will highlight the occasion, o GEM GROUP TO MEET The next meeting of the Mor row county gem and mineral so ciety will be held Tuesday, June 19 at 8 p. m. at the home of Dr. C. M. Wagner. A special film entitled "Million dollar drill hole" will be shown. Saddle Shop Sold To Pendleton Man Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Green an nounced this week that they have sold the K-V Saddlery to Ben Tarrell of Pendleton. He will take over operation of the shop this week. Tarrel has been with Hamley's Saddlery in Pendleton for the past year and prior to that spent eight years at Ray Holes Saddlery in Grangeville, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Tarrell and their two children will move here as soon as housing can be found. The Greens plan to remain in Heppner. o CONFIRMATION SET The Rev. Lane Barton, bishop of Eastern Oregon will adminis ter confirmation Sunday morn ing at 9:30 at All Saints Episco pal church. 18.00 cwt.; sows, 9.40 ao 13.90 cwt.; and boars, 3.50' to 8.00 cwt SHEEP: Feeder lambs, 13.40 to 15.10 cwt.; fat lambs, 19.10 to 21.00 cwt.; and ewes by the pound 2.50 to 3.50. c HOSPITAL NEWS Medical Glenn McLauchlin, Heppner, dismissed; Betty Haus er, lone, dismissed; Elmer Bode wig, Prineviile, dismissed; Con nie Schroeder, Kinzua, dismissed; John Graves, Hardman, dismis sed; Elaine Umphreys, Condon, dismissed; Edward McFadden, Lexington; Thomas Ziegler, Heppner, dismissed; William Mc. Caleb, Heppner; Holly Thomas, Heppner, dismissed; Margaret Monahan, Condon, dismissed; Richard Hayes, Condon. Minor Surgery Edna Garrison, Heppner, dismissed; Betty Hamil ton, Heppner, dismissed; Lynn Forrest, Monument; Scott Davis, Salem, dismissed; Bill Davis, Salem, dismissed; Fern Humph rey, Fossil; Linda Sue Stewart, Heppner; Cecelia Worlein, Kin Zua. Major Surgery Virginia Ma jeske, Lexington, dismissed; George Herbison, Condon, dis missed. MM Destroys Thousands of Acres of Crops Annually HAIL INSURANCE on Your Crops Wa$ Never More Necessary See Us How Turner, Van Marrcr b Bryant INSURANCE REAL ESTATE PHONE 6-9652 .. ., . , -tm tl Mmn HEPPNER ONPA MEETING SET. GT OFFIEC CLOSED The annual summer conven tion of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association will be held this weekend at Bend with Its president Robert Penland pre siding over the sessions. Mr. and Mrs. Penland will leave Thursday for the meetings and as a result the Gazette Times office will be closed Friday and Saturday. o HAGUEWOODS PARENTS OF DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hague wood are the parents of a daugh ter born Thursday May 31 at Good Shepherd hospital in llermiston. She weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz. and has been named Christi Lyn. The grandparents are Mr and Mrs, Oral Wright and Mr. and Mrs O. G. Haguewood. Great-grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. H. G Happold and Mrs. Ava Wright all of Heppner, and Mrs. Sam Esteb of lone. o CHURCH PLANNING N DINNER AND SHOWER The Crusader's class of the Heppner Christian church is sponsoring a family potluck din ner at noon Sunday for all mem bers of the church and following the dinner will hold a linen shower for the Robert Campbell family who lost their home and belongings by fire a week ago, o USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS SHOWING THE NEW 1956 GI1C 4 Wheel Drive P ICG p LOW BIDS TOO HIGH If talking state buildings talk in millions. Never mention taxes, or debts. Low bid for three buildings at Fairview state home for mentally retarded persons was $36,000 too high when compared with esti mates, the State Board of Control decided Monday. The best bid was $834,000, the estimate was $839,000 which included $40,000 for furnishings and architect fees. The state board of control will meet again within a week and expect to ask the emergency board for more money or wdl go ahead with construction of only two of the three buildings. NATURAL GAS RATES Everybody seems to be getting considerable free advertising in the controversy over rates be tween Public Utilities Coinmis sioner Charles H. Heltzel and Stewart Mathews, president of the Cascade Natural Gas Co. Heltzel has denied a statement credited to Mathews that Helt zel would not approve the com pany's original rates because they were too low. Heltzel has scheduled a hear ing on gas matters for 9 a. m., June 21 at the city hall in Baker. OREGON STATE FAIR Paste this in your hat 1956 Oregon State Fair Sept. 1-8. Greatly augmented and en larged departments, features and awards are shown in the 91st premium list just mailed. Development of the floral de partment has doubled in size and renown each year for the past three years. "Westward Ho" has been selected by united garden! clubs as the theme of the out- dor section with divisions titled "Donation Land Claims," the "Dance Hall Beauties," and others for professional arrange ments, "Vigilantes," to be made by obby Gardeners and "On the Oregon Trail" by the Garden clubs. Two recently appointed state fair commissioners are now fun ctioning at meetings.. They are Mrs. Bernard O. Schucking, Salem and Hollis Goodrich, Jr., Portland. Earl B. Stewart, Rose burg is serving his sixth year as cnairman of the board. For free copies of the new Premium List write Oregon State Fair, Salem. MOTOR VEHICLE AID Expected any day is the an nouncement of the appointment of George C. Penson as assistant director of the newly created mo tor vehicle department. Fenson, the present assistant supervisor of the secretary of state's motor vehicle division, is a long-time employee of the state. Several years ago he was city attorney at Corvallis. On July 1 the department is transferred to the governor. Gov ernor Smith has already announ ced the annointment nf Wamo Nunn, former personell man, to the post of director. The law authorizes Nunn to appoint the assistant director, but it is known that Governor Smith has already told Nunn he wants Penson. lensons appointment has been vigorously urged by the state's automobile dealers. The deal are expressing some concern at the lack of prior experience of those already appointed to eve- cutive positions in this imnnrtnnt department, penson, at least is qualified by years of emDlov. ment in the depart mnt. JUST BETWEEN GOVERNORS Kent Mathewson, who will be. conu city manager of Salem on NO TV SCHEDULE No Television schedule for KEPR-TV appears in his week's paper. The schedule failed to ar. rive from the station. Mrs. Todd Slayton and daugh ter Toddice of Gresham visited this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wright. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Warren and family and Phyllis Quackenbush left Friday for a vacation at Seaside and will be in Astoria this weekend to attend the Grand Assembly of Rainbow for Girls. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spaulding are leaving this week for a two weeks vacation in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gonty and son Tommy and Jimmy Farra spent the weekend in Portland the Rose Festival. Miss Edna L. Young of Garden Grove, Iowa is visiting at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Casha Shaw in Heppner. While in the west she plans to visit in Her miston and the Willamette val ley. Jack Van Winkle, Jack Bailey and Jim Healy are on a fishing trip at Westport this week. Mrs. Van Winkle and children are visiting her mother at Enterprise. Local 4-Hers Win (Continued From Page 1) cents a pound over the current market price. Morrow county's exhibit was one of the largest from all counties taking part in the show. Mrs. A. W. Sundsten of Hepp ner left Tuesday evening for a months stay in New York. She will visit with her sister, Mrs. Rudolph Bernholtz and a cousin, Cash Mallory president of the Grace Steamship Lines. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Padberg and daughter Mary Evelyn Tucker, spent the weekend in Portland and Salem. While there they took in the rose show. Mary Evelyn remained in Salem for two weeks with her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Tucker. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Nevis and granddaughter Helen Horton of Delano, Calif., are visiting this week at the Archie Alderman's. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wagner and sons Billy and David and Mrs. E. R. Prock drove to Port land Sunday and returned Mon day evening. Billy remained in Portland with relatives for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice had as their guests over the weekend, their granddaughter, Eleanor, and three sorority sisters, Theodora Gehre, Margaret Mitchell and Vivian Andree, all of California. The four girls stopped here en route to New York and other Eastern points on a vacation trip. Mr. and Mrs. James Barratt of Corvallis, were Heppner visitors over the weekend. James Thomson, son Bruce, and daughter Meredith and Sue Cole, man of lone drove to Salem Sun day where the girls will remain for a week as delegates to Girls' State. Thomson and Bruce re turned Monday. Mrs. Kenneth Keeling and sons Kenneth and Donald are expect ed to return to Heppner Friday after a two week trip to Peace River, Alta, Canada, where they have been visiting at the home of Mrs. Keeling's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Evans. Mrs. Harold Johnston and daughter Mary left Thursday for a two weeks vacation trip to China Lake in Southern Califor nia. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bedford re turned Saturday from a weeks va- cation spent at the coast. Mrs. Ethel Zeimantz and Mrs. Mabel Chaffee had as weekend guests Mrs. Zeimantz's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Billings of Seattle. Mr. Billings is an executive with the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. House guests last weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Anderson were Miss Margaret Preston and Miss Nancy Eber hardt both of The Dalles who were here to attend the wedding of Miss June Privett. o Gazette Times Classifieds Pay I week from the Governor of Vir ginia. Governor Elmo Smith received a letter from Governor Thomas B. Stanley of Virginia congratu lating the city of Salem for "a valuable addition to its official family." "My acquaintance with Kent Mathewson has extended over the period of his service as city manager of Martinsville, Va., the largest municipality in my home county of Henry," Governor Stan ley wrote to Governor Smith. "He has done an outstanding job here in Virginia and is highly regarded by those who have worked with him and by other municipal officials as evidenced by the fact that he was elected president of the Virginia City Managers Association in 1953 54." GOVERNOR'S ALTERNATE Gov. Elmo Smith has announ ced his alternate at GOP conven tion in San Francisco will be Phil Hitchcock, recently defeated by Doug McKay for GOP U. S. Senate race. STOCKGROWERS . THE MORROW CO. LIVESTOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION IS INAUGURATING A NEW SERVICE TO LOCAL GROWERS LESS THAN TRUCKLOAD LOTS WILL BE HAULED TO PORTLAND TWICE A MONTH Trucks will leave lone at Noon every first and third Saturdays of the month and if ranch pickup of cattle is desired, such pickup will be made on those Saturday mornings. 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