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ura$ ORE. Copies 10 Cents Mrs. Ellen Rieth to Celebrate Her 100th Birthday on Friday i V it . v J V ; LOOKING FORWARD to a big of lone smiles at talk of the birthday, October 12. Friday, October 12 is going to be a great day for a remarkable, lovable little lone lady "Grand ma" Ellen Rieth. It will be her 100th birthday. Many things are in store for Mrs. Rieth this coming weekend, and though she obviously is en joying all the commotion of the preparations which has included much picture taking, party plan ning and even a trip to Heppner for a new permanent wave, she still can't quite see what "all the fuss is about." The 'fuss' will include a spe cial potluck luncheon party to be given Friday noon either in the lone city park (weather permit ting) or in the basement of the lone Catholic church. Friday morning there will be a special Mass of Thanksgiving said at St. Williams Catholic church at lone and on Sunday morning Bishop Francis P. Leipzig of Baker will celebrate a special Mass at the lone church in honor of Mrs. Rieth. Following this there will be a breakfast held for her at St, Williams. Music for the special Sunday morning Mass will be provided by the choir from St. Patrick s church of Heppner. Grandma Rieth, who makes her home with one of her two living children, . Mrs. Paul O'- Meara, is exceptionally spry for a person of her age. She gets around the house with but little difficulty and she seldom misses a Sunday walk to church servi ces. One day last week she de cided to take an even longer walk and covered about three blocks before returning home. She uses a cane, but has practically full use of her faculties with the ex ception of her hearing which has failed her in recent years. Her eyes are not what they used to be, but she still can read with the aid of a reading glass and her ability to crochet can be equalled by few persons of any age. Mrs. Rieth's health has been excellent during recent years. She is susceptible tolhe flu and early this spring she spent four days in Pioneer Memorial hospital re cuperating from an attack which left her weak for nearly a month, but now she is in as good health as at any time in the past seve ral years. Born In Missouri Mrs. Rieth, who is Morrow county's oldest resident, and one of the eldest in Oregon, was born October 12, 185G at Neosha, Mis souri and crossed the plains to Oregon, which had become a state only a year before, in 1860. She has lived in Oregon or Wash ington ever since. She was married to Eugene Rieth Sept. 7, 1S75 at Mission, near Pendleton, and , raised her family of three daughters and one son at Pendleton. The home in which sh? lived the early years of her married life was built in about 1885 and it still stands across the street from St. Anth ony's hospital in Pendleton. She has outlived all her family except her son. F. J. Rieth of Harrington, Washington, and Mrs. O'Meara, the daughter with whom she makes her home. Her husband died in 1922 and she has lived day Friday, "Grandma" Ellen Rieth party planned for her on her 100th (GT Photo) in lone since that time. In addition to her two children Mrs. Rieth has nine grandchild ren, 21 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren, most of whom will be in lone this weekend to attend her birthday parties. One other grandchild died just a week ago, October 4. Grandma Rieth well remembers much of the early-day history of Eastern Oregon and Washington and can still tell of the Vanorma Indian massacre which took place on the Snake river north, of Walla Walla in 1860. The town of Rieth, jusi west oi raiaieton, was named for her husband and his two brothers Jacob and Joseph Rieth. Though all the to-do about her coming centennial celebration undoubtedly was tiring to her, Mrs. Rieth is taking the whole thing in stride and didn't even complain much when she had to sit for quite a long time under a dryer at the beauty shop to get her "party permanent" dried. Her hair, despite her 100 years, is quite dark and her beauty opera tor called her a model customer. She willingly posed for several none-too-flattering pictures taken while she was in curlers and even gave the photographer a big grin whenever he wanted to pop a flashbulb in her face. In her 100 years Grandma Rieth has seen many big events unfold in the history of Eastern Oregon and Washington, but none will be more important than the quiet birthday parties and religious celebrations this weekend. These will all be in her honor. lone Nominates City Officials Prospective new city officials were nominated October 2 at the lone city council meeting. They will be voted on at the general election on November 6. Nominated were Omar Riet mann for mayor; Doris Gollyhorn, recorder; Mrs. Echo Palmateer, treasurer; Roy Lindstrom, Fred rick Martin, E. W. Bristow, Mil ton Morgan, Ernest McCabe and Bill Rietmann for counc:ilmen. Three are to be elected from the six nominees. Martin and Bristol are on the present council. o Heppner Legion Installs Officers The Heppner American Legion post held a meeting Monday night for installation of. officers at the Legion hall. Forrest Thorn berg, district six commander was thp'installing officer. New officers are Harlan Mc Curdy, Jr., commander; L. E. Dick, first vice commander; Glen Ward, second vice commander; William Labhart, chaplain; Jack Bailey, finance officer; Jck Flug, adju tant and William Heath. Sergeant at arms. It was announced that a mem bership drive will begin Wednes day, November 11th. Following the meeting, mem bers enjoyed a buckburger feed. Heppner, Getting L ) GRANDMA RIETH, who will celebrate her 100th birthday Friday, spent Tuesday in Heppner getting "all nxea up tor the very important parties she will have this weekend. Left, she sits quietly while Mrs. Robert Dobbs. proprietor of Jeanne's Beauty Shop, gives her a permanent. Right, she smiles while waiting for the dryer to 22,732 Acres Are Signed in Soil Bank Program A total of 22,732, acres of Mor row county wheat land was signed for acreage reserve under the soil bank program by Octo ber 5, the deadline for signing up under the plan, according to re cords at the agricultural stabili zation and conservation commit tee office here. 109 ranchers signed to go under the program which amounts to40.5 percent of the ranches in the county. The acres amount to $567,317.30 signed in contract No. 1 which allows farmers to take 50 per cent of their wheat acreage out of production. Farmers still have until Oct. 15 to sign up for the second half of the contract since the county allotment under the soil bank program is $847,219 which is ap proximately 31,000 acres at the average payment price. Paul Tews, ASC manager, said Wednes- day that 33 farmers who signed up for part one of the contract have indicated that they wished to sign up for additional acre age, ihis would amount to an additional $182,559.99. Only far mers who signed up for the first half of the program and at that time Indicated they wished to take additional wheat land out of production, are eligible to sign for the second half. Tews said that if the entire $182,000 is signed for it will mean that 88.5 percent of the county allotment, will have been taken up. He said that while he did not have definite figures yet from other counties, it is understood that Morrow has the greatest per centage of participation in the soil bank program of any county in Oregon. o om Tells Chamber Experience Lack Hurts Committee State representative Allen Tom told the chamber of commerce Monday that the biggest problem in the legislature is the lack of experienced men on the house tax committee. Tom spoke briefly at the Mon day noon meeting, telling the group of some of the problems faced by the taxation commit tee and what efforts are being made to develop a sound pro gram. He said that at the last session, there were only two members of the taxation commit tee who ever served on the com mittee previously and that this lack of experience on tax matters made it hard for the group to work satisfactorily. Tom is a member of that committee and chairman of the education com mittee; Tom said he knew of no solu tion to the problem, inasmuch as men who serve on the committee invariably make enemies among the voters with the result, that within a few years they are de feated for reelection. He did tell the group that he was sure the legislature will not offer a sales tax unless such a tax is referred to the people for their approval. It was announced at the meet ing that the chamber's annual Conservation meeting will be held the evening of November 5 at the Cutsforth cabin on Herron creek. RHEA CREEK GRANGE TO MEET The regular meeting of the Rhea Creek grange will be Sun day, October 14 at 1:00 p. m., starting with a potluck dinner. Henry Baker will speak on rural electrification during the lecturers hour. Oregon, Thursday, October 11, 1956 "Prettied Up" For Her n finish its work. ti! MM ; ?- ...)- Jff W EE X .s 9 CARELESS HUNTERS SHOOT DOG AND NEARLY HIT LEXINGTON WOMAN Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth of Lexington are looking for their dog which was shot and injured last week by hunters in the Kelly Prairie area and police are cur rently looking for the hunter who did the shooting. Mr. and Mrs. Cutsforth and an other hunting partner were walk ing along a road near Kelly Prai rie when one or more hunters in a car a short distance away start ed firing at the dog which was walking near Mrs. Cutsofrth. One shot struck the dog and several narrowly missed hitting Mrs. Cutsforth. After the shooting the hunters apparently realized what had happened and disappeared rapid- First Rain Falls Here Wednesday The first general rain of the fall started coming down over Heppner and most of this sec tion of the county early Wednes day morning and v before the storm broke up it had deposited at least .34 inch of moisture. The .34 inch was recorded early Wednesday at the Heppner wea ther station and more fell later in the morning to add to the figure. Near Lexington one ran cher reported .40 had fallen by early morning with the rain still coming clown. The moisture was welcomed by nearly everyone, farmers and hunters alike. In most places there is ample reserve moisture in the ground to give wheat a good start, but the addition was badly needed. Hunters and forest service em ployees also welcomed the rain as extremely dry forest condi- tions were hurting hunter's chances and causing fire crews considerable worry. One hunter-caused fire in Gil- man Flat area of the Umatilla National Forest was reported Tuesdy, Oct. 2. It covered about five acres including one acre of timber and was controlled by fire crews from the forest service and Kinzua crews who brought two pumpers to the scene. The blaze was caused by an unattended camp fire. Ranger Vic Kreimeyer said this week that weekend patrols have come across any number of un attended camp fires and urged all hunters to use extreme cau- tion, even after the rain. t &. "i t , 1 l ;'srr v -1 if 4 As . I f f ' ' ' i ,. : ' ',;'" ' ' i ' .ir. LEGION AUXILIARY OFFICERS who will spsak at the district con ference Oct 13 at Pendleton are Mrs. Clarence Gruni, Dallas, de partment president: Mrs. Anson Ingels, Salem, department vice president and Mrs. Grover Francis, Portland, department secretary. Big Party Jiwiwi.f Miii.i)iii,iiwi,ij! in m mi MMm, i . in m nwu ' j: -.f;. J'hV'- !( rn-iiniiin nWtoiMjMlJi (GT Photos) ly in the cur, but not before Cuts- fi)h was n))le to got the icense number. A complaint has been filed in justice court here and a John Doe warrants have been Is sued for the persons responsible. Tlie dog, a German shepherd, was hit in the hind quarters but was not killed and was seen later in the area, dragging one hind leg. He could not be caught, however, and Cutsforth has offer ed a reward to anyone finding the animal and returning it either dead or alive. Husband of Heppner Woman Killed in Texas Jet Crash Word was received here Mon day of the death of Lt. Larry Har ries early Monday in a head-on air jet plane crash near Corpus Christi. Texas. Lt. Harnes was statiofTod at an air base near there. Lt. Harnes was married about three years ago lo Dorothy French of Heppner and they made their hom at hingsville, Texas, near Corpus Christi. The couple had one daughter. Mrs. Rose Francis, Mrs. Harnes' mother, and Raymond and Joe French, Jlrs. Harnes' brothers left Tuesday for Missouri where the funeral will be held. Mrs. Ray mond French left Monday by plane for Corpus Christi to ac company Mrs. Harnes to Missouri. No details of the accident were available. Open House Planned At New Parsonage An open house ut the new par sonage of the Heppner Christian church will be held Sunday from 2 to 4 p. in., it was announced today. A brief dedication service will be held at 2:30. During the afternoon the ladies of the church will serve refrash- ments. The public is invited o CAMP FIRE GIRLS ASK FOR QUILT PIECES The girls of the Wa Can Te Ka Campfire group are for the fifth year, asking the cooperation of the women who sew. If anyone has scraps of yarn or quilt pieces they don't want, please phone 6-9906 or 6-9486. The girls wili pick up and mail con- tributions to charity groups who I will knit and sew for the needy, WILLIAM TELL -MODERN VERSION Billy Britt of Spray got his hair parted Sunday by a 22 bullet and here's the story a local physician, who treated him for a three-inch scalp wound, got concerning the shooting: Britt had a bottle on his head which a hunting partner was using as a target. The shot was a little low with the result that Britt received a crease in his noggin. Who fired the shot was not revealed. Vole Registration Shows Big Jump In Last Weeks Incomplete voter registration figures compiled Wednesday by county clerk Bruce Lindsay showed a considerable increase during the last two weeks with the total already above the high figure in 1952. Republicans still hold a decided edge in the county, but their margin was cut by late Democratic signups. The dead line for registering was last Sat urday. With one precinct still to re port, the clerk's office Wednesday had 1337 Republicans, 1035 Demo crats and 26 who list their party affiliations as "other." This is a total of 2398, a big gain over the September 24 count of 2227 and ahead of the 1952 general election registration of 2360. Since 1952, however, the Republicans have lost almost 100 voters while the Democrats have gained 103. In the last two weeks the Republl- ens have added 70 to their list and the Democrats an even 100. Lindsay said Wednesday he expects the total figure to run between 2425 and 2450. He has a considerable number of cards yet to process and will be re ceiving cancellations from other counties for several days yet. MARINE PRIVATE Elizabeth Rose, Heppner, who has com pleted recruit training at Parris Island, S. C. Heppner Girl Gets Marine Assignment PARRIS ISLAND, S. C. (FIITNC) Scheduled to graduate from re cruit training at the Marine Corps recruit depot, Parris Island, S. C, September 27 is Woman Marine Pvt. Elizabeth M. Rose, daughter of Mrs. Ethel B. Rose of Heppner, She has been assigned to the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendle ton, Calif. The eight week training in cluded military drill, organized athletics, administrative and cor respondence procedures, interior guard, Marine Corps history, first aid and defense against chemical attack. Legion Auxiliary Meet Slated Oct. 13 A district six American Legion Auxiliary conference will be held Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Vert Club in Pendleton opening with a no host luncheon at 1:30 to be fol lowed by a business meeting. AH Auxiliary members in this area are urged to attend the con ference and those planning to go are asked to call 6-5316 or 6-9677 for car arrangements. Speakers will be Mrs. Clarence Grund, Dallas, department presi dent; Mrs. Anson Ingles, Salem, vice-president and Mrs. Grover Francis, Portland, department secretary. o Arlo McRoberts left Friday to return to Navy duty after a twenty one day furlough visiting relatives in Seattle and Portland and his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wagner in Heppner. file's if'f ; 73rd Year, Number 31 Collins Files for Mayor; Two Seek Council Positions Several last-minute filings Saturday will give Heppner voters a full slate of city officers to vote upon at the general election on November 6. Until Saturday no one had ap peared interested in the mayor's position or one of the council ieats, but late filings found Wil liam C. Collins, a present coun cilman, running for mayor; Ed mund E. Gonty for the one open council post and Erling Storro for the position to be vacated when Collins moves into the mayor's chair. As a result the city ballot will carry eight names, but there will be no contest as all are unop posed for the positions they are seeking. They are: for mayor, William C. Collins; treasurer, La Verne Van Marter, Jr.; recorder, Ted Smith. For eouncilmen, four year term: Edmund E. Gontv. Robert Penland and Allen Case. For a two year term, Philip Blak- ney and Erling Storro. The only holdover council member Is Al Lamb. Collins term on the coun cil had two years to run, but will resign if elected mayor. Storro will be a new council member, but Gonty has served as a member In the past and Is familiar with the operation of of city government. The election will be held by special ballot at the same time as the general election, o Livestock Demand Up, Prices Hold HERMISTON Ninety' consign- ors placed 420 cattle, 45 hogs and 111 sheep on the Hermlston Live stock Commission Co. auction block Friday in a very snappy sale that featured excellent de mand on "everything right down the line", sale manager Delbert Anson reported. ., ; . Prices held steady with top steers bringing $19.20 cwt, veal $18.30 cwt. and steer calves $18.70 cwt for the best animals. Prices on dairy cows were strong, rang ing from $94 to $172.50 per head. Hogs showed a very mild dip with fat hogs bringing from $15.70 to $16.50 cwt. A feature of next week's sale will be 100 young stock cows from one consignor, Anson said. He added that plenty of fat "killing cattle" will be in big demand. The market: Cattle: Baby calves, 2.50 to 13. 00 per head; steer calves, 17.40 to 18.70 cwt.; heifer calves, 14.50 to 15.10 cwt. with few singles to 16.40; veal, 16.80 to 18.30 cwt; stocker steers, 14.40 to 15.60 cwt,; feedej steers, 15,60 to 17.60 cwt.; grass fat steers, 17.70 to 19.20 cwt.; fat heifers, 14.40 to 16.30 cwt.; dairy cows, 94 to 172.50 per head; stock cows, 8.75 tol0.90 cwt.; commercial cows, 11.30 to 13.10 cwt.; utility sows, 10.20 to 11.20 cwt.; canners and cutters, 7.20 to 8.80 cwt.; shells, 4.50 to 6.90 cwt; bulls, 12.20 to 14.50 cwt. HOGS: Weaner pigs, 7.50 to 11 per head; feeder pigs, 15.10 to 16. 30 cwt; fat hogs, 15.70 to 16.70 cwt; sows, 12.10 to 15.40 cwt.; boars, 2.20 to 4.10 cwt SHEEP: Ewes by the head, 6.50 to 13.00 cwt; bucks, 4.50 to 15.00 cwt; feeder lambs, 14.20 to 16.60 cwt.; and fat lambs none. Those earning top prices at the market included Jerry Walker, Hermlston, 15.40 cwt, for a 325 pound sow; Doyle Iby, Kenne wick, 11.70 cwt. for three year ling ;weathers of 360 pounds Dick Garby, Touchet, 16.60 cwt. for seven feeder lambs of 620 pounds; J. D. Owen, Pilot Rock, 16.70 cwt. for 11 fat hogs of 2210 pounds; George Clausen, Milton Freewater, 14,50 cwt. for a 1690 pound Ilolstein bull; Helen John son, Walla Walla, 172.50 for one Holstein dairy cow; Hale and Per kins, Athena, 18.70 cwt. for 20 steer calves of 8810 pounds and 15.10 cwt. for 18 heifer calves of 7200 pounds; and George Miller and son, Cecil, 17.60 cwt for five feeder steers of 4230 pounds. Lyle Jensen Named Sports Editor Pacific University (Special) Lyle Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Nash of Heppner, has been appointed sports editor of the Index, Tacific University's weekly newspaper. Jensen, a graduate of Heppner high school where he was active in athletics lists his major as journalism at Pacific. i 1 J
