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Newspaper Page TextL I 8 R A ft y u or o EUGENE, 0RE itatte apptier meg Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 13, 1956 73 rd Year, Number 27 . U Turns, Sidewalk ; Bicycle Riding To Be Prohibited Two traffic problems which have plagued Heppner police for some time will be elimmated shortly as a result of action taken Monday night by the city coun cu. The council ordered the instal lation of "No U Turn" signs at all intersections the entire length of Main street and the intersection of May and Chase streets and ordered police to strictly enforce the law governing no reverse turns. The making of U turns on any state highway is prohibited both by state law and city ordinance and all locations to be posted are part of the state highway system I he restriction against making re verse turns applies not only to intersections but also to the cen ter of blocks, it was pointed out by police who said it is the habit of many drivers to make U turns in the center of the block on Main street by the city park. The riding of bicycles on side walks of the two principle busi ness blocks of Main street will also be prohibited starting im mediately, the council ordered No bike riding will be allowed on the sidewalks from Center to May streets because of the pe destrian congestion in that area. Actually bike riding on side walks is prohibited anywhere in town but the council felt that if it w"ere stopped on the most crowded section the rest of the town would be overlooked as far as the law went. Youngsters were reminded, however, that pedes trians have the right of way on a sidewalk and that bike riders must give them courtesy at all times. Police also reminded the kids that when riding bikes in the street they must observe all traf fic regulations which apply to them the same as to automobiles and trucks. Six From Here Are Registered at OSC- OREGON STATE COLLEGE Six students from the Heppner area have been granted admis sion to Oregon State college for the 1956-57 school year, accord ing to an OSC registrar's office list of expected new students. They are Adelia A. Anderson, Darrell J. Blake, David L. Cox, Wayne L. Soward, Rena R. Gil lespie, and Otto E. Ruhl. Some other names may be ad ded to the list before the open ing of school since processing of student applications, accompan ied by high school records, is still going on in preparation for the new year. New student week will be Sep tember 16 to 22 at OSC this year with classes beginning Septem ber 24. During the week, students receive special instruction on the courses of study, complete place ment examinations and Take part in a variety of special events in tended to acquaint them with the campus life. Post Office Goes Modern-Gets New Ball Point Pens The Heppner post office real ly went modern Tuesday. After providing customers with old-style scratchy dip pens for an untold number of years the postal department this week supplied postmaster James Driscoll with new, modern ball point pens. Unlike the old pens, which no one in his right mind would bother to steal even though they Icy out entirely unpro tected on the desks, the new ball points are chained to the wall and are clearly marked "property of the U. S. Post Of lice." I I'- "55? llyl LV!b if j i , ..,fi -i .. i A1C LEROY BRENNER, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brenner of lone, who left this week for Bryan, Texas for further train ing in the Air Force. He has been home on leave following a training course at Graham Air Base, Marianna, Fla. Dr. John Condor Dies at Pendleton Funeral services were held at the Heppner Christian church Tuesday for Dr. John Perry Con dor, Sr., 80, who died Friday In Pendleton. Dr. Condor was born in Mis souri and he was a naturopath physician. He practiced in Hepp ner for 24 years and at Milton Freewater for 13 years before re tiring in 1949. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Artie Morgon Condor, Mil-ton-Freewater; two sons, John of Orange, Texas and Claud C. of Spokane. Burial was in the Heppner Ma sonic cemetery with Folsom's Funeral Chapel of Pendleton in charge. Student Numbers Steady at Lex And lone Schools School enrollment at the lone and Lexington schools remained about the same as last year with 44 high school students and 102 grade school pupils registered at lone and 30 high school and 76 grade students at Lexington, re ports show. Enrollment by grades and teachers at Lexington include first grade, 16, second,8. Mrs. Alyce Waddill, teacher; third grade, 16, fouuh, 11, Mrs. C. C. Carmichael, teacher; fifth grade, sixth grade.S, Mrs. Inez Mea- dor, teacher; seventh, 4 and eighth, 5, Serge Voval, teacher. Lexington high freshmen num ber 7, sophomores, 10, juniors, 5 and seniors, 12. The faculty in- eludes Dale Waddill, superinten dent; Mrs. Nola Coval, Mrs. Lu cille Weatherford and Robert Matthews. At lone a total of 17 first grad ers are enrolled with Mrs. Har rlet Hall, teacher; second grade 14 and third, 11, Mrs. Roxie Moeck, teacher; fourth, 11, fifth 12, Mrs. Gladys Ely, teacher sixth, 12, seventh, 8, Joe Hausler, teacher and . grade principal; eighth grade, 17, Don Brostrom, teacher. Mrs. Frances Brostrom is a part time teacher for reading classes and grade school physical education. Mrs. Helen McCabe is substituting for Mrs. Moeck at the present time. High school enrollment In eludes 12 freshmen, 12 sopho mores, 8 juniors and 12 seniors, The staff includes Robert Wood- roof, superintendent; Mrs. Emma Dally, English, home economics, ournalism and librarian; Mrs. Zoe Porfily, biology, typing, seventh grade science, art and girls P. E.; Grant Rigby, chemis try, general science and shop; Larry Pryse, senior math.U. S, history and government, world history, boy's P. E. and coach; Gary Stephenson, mathematics geometry and music. Brostrom Is assistant coach. l ii in MnitA n ii t in linninfii if rw iniii NICE CATCH of silvers and salmon is being admired by Chris Bur- Kenome, son oi Loya Burkenbine of Heppner, one of the lucky anglers who came home from Westport, Wn. last week with these eight fish. Burkenbine was accompanied by Gar Leyva of Lex ington to whom half cf the above catch belonged. They reported the big salmon ere due to start running within a few days. The largest oi tnis coicn weighed 14 pounds (GT Photo) Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koenig left Wednesday for Portland where he will attend meetings, the re mainder of the week, of the West ern Pine Association. O. G. Crawford of Gearhart and former publisher of the Gazette Times visited in Heppner last week. Another Value Days Set for Sept. 21-22 Heppner merchants will again offer shoppers of this entire area many extra-special bargains next weekend Sept. 21 and 22, when they will hold another Heppner Value Days The big bargain event is spon sored by the merchants commit tee of the chamber of commerce and in the past has drawn size able crowds of shoppers to Hepp ner. The announcement advertising by the individual stores taking part will appear in next week's Gazette Times. Average County Wheat Yield Set at 28 Bushels One of Morrow county's biggest grain crops has been harvested with the exception of some 25, 000 bushels in the Ruggs and South Heppner areas. A total of 1,800,000 bushels of wheat and 800,000 bushels of barley has been received at Morrow County Grain Growers elevators and farm storage is estimated at about 700,000 bushels of both wheat and barley making a total production ol about. 3,300,000 bushels. Wheat this year averaged 28 j where it bushels per. acre compared to about 20 last year, Al Lamb, manager of the Grain Growers, reported. Several fields aver aged 41 bushels per acre, a few ran over 45 bushels and a small field harvested by Orville Cutsforth, Lexington, ran as high as 80 bushels. Quality of the wheat graded between one and two with weights running from 58 to 60 pounds. Barlev vielded better than a averaging 45 pounds or better. Average barley yield last year was 18 bushels per acre. In 1955 the Grain Growers handled 1,100, 000 bushels of wheat and 400,000 bushels of barley. Because of the heavy yields about 300,000 bushels of wheat was stored temporarily on the ground at the North Lexington elevator at the heighth of the season. Five trucks are now hauling 175,000 bushels remain ing on the ground to the river elevator at Paterson ferry, ton- to the acre, with weights! said. will be shipped by barge to Portland. About 500, 000 bushels of this year's crop will be stored at Portland ter minals, Lamb said. In 1948, prior to wheat allot ments, 4,540,000 bushels of wheat averaging 32 bushels per acre, was harvested on about 115.000 acres. This year's wheat allotment was 114,510 acres for the county plus between 45,000 to 50,000 acres seeded to bar ley, N. C. Anderson, county agent Ranchers Receive New Seed Wheat Morrow county ranchers who will receive from three bushels to 320 bushels of Burt wheat seed were announced this week by N. C. Anderson, county agent. The new wheat is a new bread -type, smut-resistant hard white winter wheat released by Oregon State college and Washington State col lege experiment stations for ad apted areas. Three of the ranch ers, Nelson Brothers, Lexington and Kenneth Smouse and Den ward Bergevin, lone, have in dicated they will raise their wheat to be made available as certified seed wheat. Receiving allotments in the lone area are McCabe Bros., Her bert Extrom, Victor Reitmann, Roy Lindstrom, Noel Dobyns, Mc Elligott Bros., Donald Peterson, L. L. Howton, Omar Rietmann, Harvey Smith and Hershal Town- send. Lexington: Alonzo Henderson, M. V. Nolan, Jack Barak; Echo: Ken Kammerrer, H. G. Campbell, Ed Tucker; Heppner: Leonard Rill, Frank Anderson, Bernard Do herty; Hardman: John Graves. o Age Proof Needed To Claim Social Security Benefits Women workers, wives, and widows filing claim for Social Security benefits under the new ly enacted "age 62" provisions of the Social Security act will speed up action on their claims if they will bring necessary proofs with them when they file claim, according to Vernon A. Welo, manager of the La Grande Social Security office. Proof of age may be necessary for all women. Proof of marriage apd proof of death may be neces sary in the case of widows filing on the accounts of their deceased husbands. Their husband's state ment will suffice as proof of marriage for most wives. Weio pointed out that it Is not necessary for a person to have a birth certificate. Age may be proved by any of a number of records, such as family bibles, old insurance policies, military discharges, hospital and school records, lodge records, marriage records, and similar documents which show the age of the person and were established a number of years ago. A representative of the La Grande office will be at the city hall in Heppner Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 9:00 a. m. to. noon to assist people in filing claims and and to answer questions relating to the Social Security program. FLOWERS 'N FASHIONS" THEME OF IONE GARDEN CLUB FLOWER SHOW A show of children's fashions will be a new feature of the seventh annual flower show and silver tea of the lone Garden club to be held September 23 from 2 to 5 p. m. at the lone Legion hall "Flowers 'N Fashions is the show theme. Plans are also being made for a horticulture display of several varieties of Sunflowers grown by junior gardners in a contest spon sored by the club Awards will be presented at the show. "Everyone interested in gar dening, flowers or children is cordially invited to this show." according to Mrs. William Raw lins, general chairman. The lone club is a member of the Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs and judges ac credited by the federation will do the judging for the show. Entries will be received from 4 to 5:30 p. m. Saturday, Sept. 22 and from 8 to 10:30 a. m. Sunday, Sept. 23. Following is the sche dule of the divisions and com plete rules may be obtained from either Mrs. Rawlins or Mrs. Edith Nichoson, entries chairman. Rules for the sunflower contest appear in a separate story. Section A Horticulture 1. Aconitum (Monkshood), 1 stalk; 2. Alyssum, 5 sprays; 3, Asters, 3 blooms; 4. Begonia, Tuberous, 1 bloom; 5. Black- eyed Susan, 1 spray; 6. Calen dula, 3 blooms; 7. Carnations, 1 bloom; 8. Chrysanthemums, 1 spray; (a) Korean (single) ;(b) Cushion; (c) Early flowering English; (d) Pompon; 9. Colch cum (fall crocus), 6 blooms. 10. Cosmos, 3 blooms; 11. Dahlias; (a) Ball, 1 bloom; (b) Formal Decorative, 1 bloom; (c) Informal Decorative, 1 bloom; (d) Pompon, 1 bloom; (e) Seed, 3 blooms; (f) Miniature, 2 blooms; 12. Daisies, 3 blooms; 13. Del phinium, 1 stalk; 14. Gailardia, blooms; 15. Geranium, 1 bloom; 16. Gladiolus, 1 stark; (a) Baby; (b) Large; 17. Heh- chrysum (Strawflowers) 3 blooms 18. Lilies, 1 stalk; 19. Mari gold; (a) French Dwarf, 5 blooms; ((b) African, 3 bloows; 20. Mic haelmas Daisies. 1 spray; 21. Nasturtiums, 5 blooms; 22. Pan sies, 3 blooms; 23. Petunias, (a) Single, 3 sprays; (b) Single ruf fled, 1 spray; (c) Double, 3 sprays; (d) Giant ruffled, 1 spray; 24. Phlox, 1 stalk; 25. Roses; (a) Hybrid tea, 1 rose; (b)- Floribunda, 1 spray; (c) Miniature, 3 roses; (d) Other va rieties, 1 rose or spray. 26. Salvia, 1 spray; 27. Sweet Peas, 5 blooms; 28. Zinniasj (a) Giant, 1 bloom; (b) Dwarf, 3 blooms; 29. Bouquet of all va rieties, 1 bloom each; (a) An nuals; (b) Chrysanthemums; (c) Dahlias; (d) Marigolds; (e) Roses; (f) Zinnias; 30. Any an nual of merit no classified, 1 stem:, (non-competttive); di. Any perennial of merit not classi fied, 1 stem, (noncompetitive) Section B house Plants (Must be in possession of the owner at least three months.) Class 1. African Violets; 2. Ferns; 3. Cacti; 4. Foliage Plants; 5. Flowering Plants. Section C Garden Bouquets I 1. A bouquet of all flowers iiuiu an iiiuiv.v. garden. (Judging will be based on the number of varieties rep resented) 1 bloom, spray, or stalk each. Section D Junior Gardners Class 1. Sunflower contest .... Junior gardners are to exhibit 1 stalk, not to exceed 5 feet, with or without seed heads. . (a) Pre school and first grade; (b) Second and third grades; (c) Fourth and fifth grades; (d) sixth and sev enth grades. 2. Specimen of any plant, flower, fruit, or vege table grown this year. 3. Ar rangements Ca) Flower arrange ments using colors of a bird or butterfly, picture of same to ad company exhibit, (b) Miniature arrangement, not over 6 Inches high, (c) Animals made from vegetables. Section E Fashions in Arrangements Class 1. Mother-Daughter Fashions one arrangement iden tical to a smaller arrangement; 2. Doll Fashions Miniature (not over 3 inches); 3. Doll Fashions Small (not over 8 inches); 4. Garden Fashions Fruit andor vegetables, with or without leaves; 5. Fashions in Straw Arrangement using dried mater' ials, with or without fresh m&- terial. Artificial coloring permit ted; 6. Metallc Fashions Ar rangement in metal container; 7, Fireside Fashions Mantel ar rangements; 8. Paris Fashions- Arrangement in unusual contain er; 9. Dinner Fashions Buffet; 11. Fashions for the Bridal Partv All one color in the same color container; 12. Fashions with Mums (Arrangement of mums); 13. Fashions with Dahlias (Ar rangement of dahlias); 14. Shoulder Fashions (Corsage any description). Death Claims Mrs. Ella Farrens, Services Monday Funeral services for Ella Sper ry Farrens, 68, late of Umatilla and Heppner, were held Monday at 2 p. m. from the Methodist church with Rev.Lester D. Boul den officiating. Mrs. Farrens died at the home of her daughter in Umatilla Friday. Born in 1888 in Hardman, Mrs. Farrens lived most of her life in Morrow county. Among survivors are daughters Lucille Parrish, Umatilla; Mrs. Dolly Fraters, Heppner; sons Verl Farrens, Richland, Wash.; and Ronald Farrens, Portland; sisters, Cora Ward, Townsend, Mont.; Anna Harshman, Margaret Tho mas, Heppner; and Delsie Chapel, Hardman: nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. cemetery with Burns Mortuary of Hermiston In charge. Fire Danger Still Serious In Forest Area of Raise Noted in Telephone Rates Increases in telephone rates averaging less than Vk cents a day per telephone on a state-wide basis are part of the new sche dules filed in Salem today by Pa cific Telephone with Charles Heltzel, Oregon public utilities commissioner, according to Hepp ner Manager, D. A. Shorth. Under the new schedules Hepp ner telephone users would pay 25c to 50c more a month for residence service. Business ser vice rates would go up from 30c to $1.75 a month. In Portland, F. A. Dresslar, vice president and general manager, said. "Our earnings on opera tions within Oregon have fallen well below the earnings of other businesses. This has happened because wage payments, state and local taxes and the cost of adding new telephones have risen over tiie past three years while telephone prices have remained at the same level since the 1953 rate adjustment." The company, he said, has con tinued to push its expansion and improvement program through out the state despite the higher costs. The 1956 construction pro gram, largest In the company's history, will total $30,000,00082 per cent more than was spent on telephone construction In 1953. "We've come a long way In telephone progress In the past few years. We can pledge even great er advancement in the years to come if we can improve our earn ings and expand with Oregon as it grows." Dresslar declared. o Twenty-Nine Enroll In Kindergarten Twenty-nine pupils were en rolled in kindergarten Monday In the basement room of the Hepp ner high school, Mrs. Roy Tabor, teacher, reported. The class is sponsored by the Heppner Civic League. Classes are held from 9 to 11 a. m. Monday through Friday. To be eligible youngsters must be five years of age before No vember 15. Monthly fees are charged or daily rates if a child attends less than 13 days In any one month in addition to the registration fee of $10. High winds with gusts up to 30 miles an hour and fuel moisture sticks registering down to 15 made last Sunday one of the most hazardous days of the season for fire danger in the Heppner dis trlct of the Umatilla National forest, Vic Kreimeyer, forest ran ger, reported. Moisture content has been low er in the forest, but high gusty winds with visibility down to a mile or less during the heighth of the storm during the afternoon contributed to the extremely haz ardous conditions, Kreimeyer said. Humidity was reported rising Monday. Kreimeyer warned persons not to relax their caution while in the forest areas as fire danger con tinues serious. Sunday was re ported a class 9 day and class 10 is considered the worst for fire danger. Kinzua corporation last week Started to cold deck its supply of winter logs at the rate of 375,000 board feet a day on national for est lands in the Heppner district, mainly on Bacon creek and Long Prairie, Kreimeyer reported. The cutting, mostly pine, is on the Wallowa exchange. Scaling are Whitmer Wright, district assist ant, and Bob Hare, assisted by Jack Mounts, timber manage ment assistant. Personnell returning to colleges this week include Mike Grant, fire organization; Jim Hayes, suppression crew and Dick Kono- nen, slash crew. Only lookout on the forest now is Sam McDanlel, Hardman, at Madistfh Butte. o Dam Planning to Be Talked at Water Meeting A meeting of major importance to all residents of Heppner and the lower Willow creek valley will be held next Tuesday even ing, Sept. 18 at 8 p. m. at the court house to investigate the possibility of building a flood control and irrigation dam on Willow creek above Heppner. The meeting has been called by the Morrow county water re sources planning committee and word has been received that one or more members of the planning branch of the U. S. Corps of Engi neers will be present to aid in the discussion. Also scheduled to take part In the program is Quenton Bowman, field engineer for the state water board. It is understood that Mr. Rydell, chief engineer of the planning branch of the Corps will be one of the Engineer's representatives. Considerable interest has been created during recent months in the construction of a flood con trol and Irrigation dam above Heppner and a sub-committee of the county water resources plan ning committee has been set up to investigate the proposal. On that committee is .1. O. Turner, W. C. Rosewall and Al Lamb. Turner said Wednesday that the purpose of the meeting Is to acquaint the engineers with the flood control and Irrigation prob lems in the valley and to request a resurvey by the engineers. Sev eral years ago the engineers made a survey of the area but It is felt that changing conditions could alter the needs as then determined. It is hoped that a definite program can be started and that a good attendance at the meeting will indicate a wide interest in such a development. The meeting is open to the pub lic, county committee chairman Newt O'Harra, emphasized, o Market Steady at Hermiston Sale Teachers Reception Set Monday Night New teachers in the Heppner schools will be honored at the an nual Parent-teacher's association teacher reception and potluck dinner Monday, Sept. 17, at 7 p. m. at the Elks lodge rooms. The event will be an informal get together for new teachers as well as new residents of the commun ity, Ed Dick, P-TA president said. In charge of the reception will be Mrs. Marvin Smith, program committee chairman: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blake, hospitality com mittee and Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gardner, room representatives who will supervise food and serv ing. Ed Dick will be .master of ceremonies. Members attending are asked to bring main dishes, dessert or sfllad. The P-TA will furnish the coffee and rolls. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rosewall will leave Friday for San Fran cisco to attend the showing of the 1957 Ford. Farley Motor Wins City Truck Bid ' Farley Motor Company was awarded the bid for a new pickup truck for the city of Heppner at the meeting of the council Mon day night. Farley's bid for a GMC was $1910. In other council action, the city agreed to Install a new street light on Court street near the high school gymnasium, and or dered the city recorder to call for bids on the Installation of a re mote control system for the oper ation of the upper well from the lower well of the city water sys tem. The remote system will eli minate the need of someone to make the 24 mile round trip to operate the upper pumps. The council issued building permits to Eddie Thorpe for a new residence to cost $5,000, and to Harold Becket, C. N. Jones and C. J. D. Bauman for repairs and alterations to cost a total of $1.-200. HERMISTON Buyers from Oregon, Washington and Idaho were on hand to bid on 631 cat tle, 143 hogs and 230 sheep from 147 consignors at the Hermiston Livestock Commission Co. sale Friday. The large number of consign ors at the sale was high for the season. Prices remained steady on all grades with steer calves heifer calves and grass fat hei fers showing slight gains. Manager Delbert Anson, noting the availability of plenty of buy ers, now, said there will be a big demand for fed cattle at next week's sale. The market: CATTLE: Baby calves, 2.50 to 14.00 per head; steer calves, 16.60 to 17.70 cwt.; heifer calves, 14.10 to 16.30 cwt.; veal, 17.10 to 19.80 cwt.; stocker steers, 15.50 to 17.10 cwt.; feeder steers, 17.10 to 17.60 cwt.; grass fat heifers, 14.50 to 17.50 cwt.; dairy cows 82.50 to 111 per head; commercial cows. 11.20 to 12.60 cwt.; utility cows, 9.90 to 10.70 cwt.; cannors and cutters, 7.80 to 10.00 cwt.; shells, 4.75 to 7.10 cwt.; and bulls, 11.50 to 13.80 cwt. HOGS: Weaner pigs, 8.50 to 12.00 per head; feeder pigs, -5.40 to 16.20 cwt.; sows, 11.30 to 14.90 cwt.; fat hogs, 16.50 to 17.60 cwt.; and boars. 2.50 to 6.00 cwt. SHEEP: Ewes, 5.00 to 13.75 per head; feeder lambs, 14.30 to 17.10 cwt.; fat lambs, 17.10 to 18.00 cwt; and bucks, 8 to 26 per head. Those earning top prices at the market included Frank Bcnsel, Hermiston, 17.60 cwt. for 8 fat hogs of 1690 pounds; Darrell ilamms, Hardman, 18.00 cwt. for 2 lambs of 246 pounds; D. E. Pul ley, Hermiston, 13.75 per head for 31 ewes; Harold Rankin, Her miston, 12.40 cwt. for a 1090-pound Angus cow; Harold Walsh, Ar lington, 17.70 cwt. for 12 steer calves of 3230 pounds; K. L. Clark, Hermiston, 17.50 cwt., for a 855-pound grass fat heifer; and Fred Rankin, Hermiston, 17.80 cwt. for 27 feeder steers of 22,. 600 poudns. o GRAND MASTER OF I. O. O. F. TO VISIT J. Palmer Sorlien, grand master of Oregon I. O. O. F., will make his official visit to Heppner on Wednesday, September 19. All I. O. O. F. and Rebekah members are urged to attend the meeting, which will be preceded by a 6:30 p. m. dinner. Bob Gammell of Kennewlck visited at the Harry Munkers home on Monday.