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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 1 8, 1956
73rd Year, Number 32
Gifts Pour in For
Grandma Rieth on
Her 100th Birthday
Mrs. Ellen Rieth of lone who
last Friday started on the second
century of her life, was guest
of honor at a series of parties
and special religious services
over the weekend that gave her
some of the busiest days of her
life and brought a statement from
her, "O my, you would expect a
thing like this to happen to Queen
Elizabeth but not to a little old
lady like me."
Grandma Rieth was the recipi
ent of many gifts and remem
brances which are of great im
portance to her. Among them was
a picture of Pope Pius XII and an
Apostolic blessing signed per
sonally by the Holy Father; a
telegram from President Eisen
hower; a letter from Joseph Car
dinal Pizzardo, secretary of the
sacred congregation of the Holy
office in Rome, who also obtained
the picture and the blessing from
Heppner Falls lo
Elgin; lo Meet
Pilot Rock Friday
The Mustangs of Heppner
traveled to Elgin Friday, October
12, where they ran Into a team of
high spirited Huskies and a mud
dy field. Both of these condi
tions contributed to the final
score of 20-13 in which the Mus
tangs came out on the short end.
The Huskies struck quickly In
the game as they took a 6-0 lead
in the first quarter. This touch
down was set up by a Mustang
fumble. In the second quarter
the Mustangs tied the score at 6
all as Dick Ruhl took a pass from
Duane Alderman and romped all
the way to the T. D. without In
terference. The try for point was
no good. But the spirited Hus
kies struck right back for another
7 points just before the intermis
sion and af the half held as 16-6.
The Mustang's hopes were kept
alive after the half as Ruhl took
an Elgin kick and streaked to an
other T. D. The try for point was
good and the score stood at 13-13.
However, this proved futile as the
Huskies scored again in the fourth
stanza and broke the game wide
open as they went on to win 20-13.
No statistics were available on
the game due to the fact that
the sCorekeeper for Heppner for
got his book.
Next game will be played at
Heppner Friday October 19 at
8:00 o'clock with Pilot Rock
Rockets. This is a league game
and it shapes up to be a real
thriller as both teams are out to
win.
Rummage Sale Set
By Civic League
For November 2-3
An unusually good selection of
fall rummage was sorted by the
Civic League at the home of Mrs.
Robert Jones Monday night. Al
though there is still a need for
more to come in during the period
before the sale, scheduled for
Nov. 2-3 at Empire Machinery Co.,
co-chairmen Mrs. Ray Myrick and
Mrs. Jones were very pleased
with the cooperation of local resi
dents for the kindergarten bene
fit. - .
They announced that rummage
may be left at Jack's Chevron
station or persons wishing to
have it collected may call 6-9125
or 6-5323 for free pickup service.
The group also discussed the
local blood typing drive as the
hospital records have been re
ported inadquate in the event of
a local disaster. The proposed
drive would take place after the
first of the year.
Approximately 20 members at
tended the meeting and coffee
and doughnuts were served by the
hostess.
Wednesday Night
Storm Brings Rain
A gentle rain which started fall
ing here Wednesday evening had
dropped .14 inch by Thursday
morning to bring the week's total
up to .17 inch. Continuing show
ers this morning added consider
ably to the moisture, but they
were not included In the .14 mea
surement. The latest rainfall brings to
slightly over one-half inch the
precipitation for October and
brightened grain and range pros
pects throughout the area.
Pope Pius; a rosary from Bis
hop Francis P. Leipzig which was
blessed by the Pope; and a gold
cross with gold nuggets made in
Alaska given her by her grand
son C. J. Newlin.
Mrs. Rieth's gift from the Pope
marked the first time that any
one in this Catholic diocese has
received an Apostolic blessing
personally signed by the Pope.
Mrs. Rieth's weekend of cele
brations started with a potluck
dinner Friday at the home of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul O'Meara. Present were
many of her relatives including
her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
F. J. Rieth of Harrington, Wash.;
grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Leffell, La Grande; Mrs.
Mary Olson, Victoria, B. C; Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Newlin, Seattle;
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Newlin and
daughters Jill and Jennifer, of
Freeland, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Guske and daughter Susan
Mosco, Idaho; nieces and nep
hews, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Short,
Prineville; Mrs. Lena Gardner,
Drain; Mrs. Carrie Grown, Ridge
field, Wash.; Mrs. Grace Peachy,
Vernonia; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bry
son, LeMoore, Calif.; grand
nieces, Mr. and Mrs. Verle Farns
worth, Portland; Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Johnston, Salem; and Mrs.
Virginia Holt, Pilot Rock.
Mass was said for Mrs. Rieth
Friday morning at St. Williams
church and on Sunday morning
Bishop Francis P. Leipzig of
Baker celebrated a special mass
in her honor which was followed
by a breakfast with the Altar So
ciety in charge.
At the Sunday morning break
fast Grandma Rieth was pre
sented with a 20 by 30 inch birth
day cake which was in the shape
of an open prayer book with a
rosary over the top. It was deco
rated with the words "God Bless
Grandma Rieth" and the numer
als 100. It had 100 candles on it
On the table with the cake,
her life was dramatized with
decorations of miniature covered
wagons, bride and groom dolls,
a cradle with a baby and a mo
ther beside it, a rocking chair
with an old fashioned doll. After
Mrs. Rieth cut the first piece of
cake, her daughter Mrs. O'Meara
served.
During the Sunday mass ser
vice it was pointed out that Mrs.
Rieth and her family were bap
tised by Father Louis Conrary
and was married by him. Father
Conrardy came to Pendleton in
1875 and built the first Catholic
church there in 1884. He took care
of the Pendleton area coming as
far as Heppner. He was later re
knowned as a worker in Leper
colonies in Hawaii and China.
All in all, Grandma Rieth had
a big weekend and after it was
all over she said she "was so
happy she didn't know whether
she was ten or a hundred."
UNICEF Hallowe'en
Plan to be Tried By
Local Youngsters
Instead of the usual Hallow
e'en "trick or treat", one group of
HeDoner voungsters this year
will participate in the UNICEF
Hallowe'en clan, a nation-wide
United Nations sponsored drive to
aid the world's needy children.
Under the guidance of adult
leaders, the children of the Epis
copal Sunday school will spend
Hallowe'en evening collecting
pennies, nickles and dimes for
the needy youngsters of the world
rather than candv for themselves.
The program is captioned by the
slogan "the trick is to treat all
the world's children."
The program has been carried
on in other places for several
years, but this will be the first
year it has been tried in Hepp
ner. All participating youngsters
will be treated to a party later in
the evening.
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NEW NURSES HERE
Two new registered nurses re
cently accepted positions at Pio
neer Memorial hospital. They are
Miss Thera Kerr of Denver, Colo
rado and Mrs. Imogene Caudrey
of Boise, Idaho.
NO SERVICES SUNDAY
( There will be no services Sun
day at All Saints Episcopal due
to the absence of the rector, Rev.
George R. S. Little. Regular ser
vices will be held Sunday, Oct 28
however.
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GRANDMA ELLEN RIETH and Bishop Francis P. Leipzig hold personally autographed picture o( Pope
Pius XII and Apostolic blessing which was presented to her on her 100th birthday at a special
Mass at St. Williams Catholic church of lone Sunday. Shown with her are, left to right, her son
F. J. Rieth, Harrington, Wash., her daughter with whom she lives Mrs. Paul O'Meara (partially
hidden behind Mrs. Rieth) and Father Patrick J. Gaire of St. Patrick's church in Heppner and St
Williams of lone. (Photo by Irene Wilson)
Opening of Bird
Season Saturday
To Attract Hunters
Deer hunters have only until
Sunday, Oct. 21 to get their veni
son but before the deer season
comes to a close another big
group of nimrods will take to the
fields in search of pheasants and
chukars. The bird season opens
one-half hour before sunup on
Saturday.
Bird hunters should have pretty
fair luck in this immediate area
according to Glenn Ward, state
game commission representative
who' reported tiiat 300 chukars
and 500 Mongolian pheasants
have been released in Morrow
county during the past week. He
said that 120 bob white, whicli
are just now being introduced
here, were also released recently.
This will be the first year that
a season has been opened on
chukars, though they have been
released in the county before to
build up the birds' numbers in
the area. All the chukars that
were released this week are
banded and the game commis
sion asks hunters who kill the
banded birds to turn in the bands
into either Ward, state patrolman
Bill Labhart or send them to the
Portland office of the commission.
The return of the bands can aid
the commission in its study of
the elusive chukars and hunters
are asked to report the band num
ber, date and location where the,'
bird was taken.
Early season deer hunting was
not too good in the immediate
area but with the opening of the
either sex season last weekend
and some fairly heavy rains in
the mountains, the kill improved
during the last. few days.
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Heart Attack Claims
Life of Hunter
Carl Frederick Schaefer, 51, of
Hermiston died of a heart attack
early Saturday while hunting in
the Chapin creek area sduth of
Hardman. He was the first hunt
ing casualty of the season in this
immediate area.
The death was investigated by
coroner Oliver Creswick and the
body was sent to Burns Mortuary
in Hermiston where services were
held.
ROCK HOUNDS TO MEET
The Morrow County Gem and
Mineral society will meet Tues
day evening October 23 at 8:00
p. m. at the Heppner Hotel. All
rock hounds are cordially in
vited. It will be auction night and
there will be a door prize.
NO SCHOOL MONDAY
There will be no classes in any
county school next Monday as
instructors will attend the teach
er's institute to be held in Pen
dleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Teti and
son Stephen of Monmouth, visi
ted with their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. William
Labhart over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney
were weekend visitors in Seattle.
FINAL REGISTRATION TOTAL SHOWS
1332GOP'S 1027 DEMOS IN COUNTY
Complete registration figures
for Morrow county, compiled this
week by county clerk Bruce Lind
say shows a total of 2385 persons
will be eligible to vote in the
November 6 general election. This
is down slightly from last week's
estimate of about 2425 and re
sulted from cancellations received
from other counties and regis
trars. Republicans hold a wide mar
gin in the county with 1332 voters.
The democrats have 1027 and 26
are listed with "other" party af
filiations. Slight Gain is
Noted in Market
HERMISTON The market took
a mild turn for the better at the
Hermiston Livestock Commission
Co. sale Friday with prices steady
of a few cents stronger on all
classes of animals.
One hundred and thirty one
consignors placed 610 cattle, 204
hogs and 147 sheep on the auc
tion block in a good sale that saw
plenty of buyers from Oregon,
Washington and California on
hand to make the market a fast
moving one.
Heifer calves with a top of
$16.30 cwt. were up $1.20 cwt. and
fat slaughter steers with a high
of $20.10 cwt. topped last week's
best bid by $.90.
Needed for next week's sale
will be plenty of fat cows and
heifers and fat heifer cows, sale
manager Delbert Anson announ
ced. CATTLE: Baby calves, 2.50 to
14.00 per head; steer calves, 17.40
to 18.90 cwt.; heifer calves, 15.10
to 16.30 cwt.; stocker steers, 14.80
to 15.90 cwt.; veal, 46.90 to 18.75
cwt.; fat slaughter steers 17.70 to
20.10 cwt.; feeder steers, 15.90 to
17.00 cwt.; dairy cows, 87 to 175
per head; commercial cows, 11.70
to 13.50 cwt.; stock cows, 101 to
114 per head; utility cows,-10.30
to 11.40 cwt.; canners and cutters,
7,30 to 8.80 cwt.; shells, 2.50 to
7.10 cwt.; and bulls, 11.75 to 14.10
cwt
HOGS: Weaner pigs, 7.50 to 9.00
per head; feeder pigs, 15.10 to
16.60 cwt.; fat hogs, 15.90 to 17.30
cwt.; sows, 12.10 to 15.30 cwt.; and
boars, 2.35 to 6.10 cwt.
SHEEP: Ewes, 6.50 to 9.00 per
head with no young ewes avail
able; fat labs, 16.20 to 16.70 cwt.;
feeder lambs, 14.40 to 16.20 cwt,
and bucks, 1.25 to 3.00 cwt.
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Christian Endeavor
Rally Slated Here
The Christian Endeavor groups
of the Christian churches of the
Columbia district will meet at
the Heppner Christian church for
their fall rally Friday evening
and all day Saturday. Marvin
Echfeldt, student president of
Northwest Christian College at
Eugene, will be guest speaker for
the meetings.
One of the highlights of the
program will be a foreign stu
dent speaker on the Saturday pro
gram. The women of the church will
serve the Saturday evening banquet.
Registration by precinct shows
Rep. Dem. Other
Hardman 25 11
Lexiington 144 117
Boardman 149 114
lone 251 149
Irrigon 124 182
S. Heppner 297 209
N. Heppner 342 245
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Shooting of Dog
Brings Arrest of
Portland Hunter
Portland police late last week
arrested Earl McKlllop, 30, of
Portland on a John Doe warrant
issued earlier last week out of
Justice of the Peace J. O. Hager's
court. McKlllop is charged with
shooting the animal of another
person, specifically a dog owned
by O. W. Cutsforth of Lexington.
As reported last week the dog
was shot and Mrs. Cutsforth, who
was with her husband and Gar
Leyva near Kelly Prairie, was
nearly struck by shots fired from
a car. I he men obtained the
license number of the car and
McKiliop's arrest resulted.
McKillop was released on $500 1
bail an the case will be heard
by circuit judge William W. Wells
in the near future, district attor
ney Bradley Fancher reported
this week. McKillop reportedly
admitted the shooting, stating he
thought it was a wild animal.
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Savings Bond Sales
Down in County
Sales of United States treasury
department E and H bonds in this
county during September amount
ed to $29,097, bringing the total
sales here this year to $170,623,
according to Jack Bedford, county
savings bonds committee chair
man. Corresponding figures for
last year were $32,789 for Septem
ber, and $389,853 for the first nine
months of 1955.
Sales in Oregon were down in
September when compared to a
year ago, amounting to $2,552,997.
In the same month in 1955 they
were $3,294,272. In quoting the
comparison figures, county chair
man Bedford reported that 1955
was by far Oregon's best year for
Savings Bond sales since the end
of World War II. "Oregon sales
this year to date exceed those of
any other peacetime year", he
said.
Youth Retreat Held
Near Walla Walla
Celia Boulden, Renne Harris and
Rev. and Mrs. L. D. Boulden at
tended the Methodist youth re
treat at Kooskooskie Klwanls
camp near Walla Walla Oct. 12
through 14. There were about 50
young people present represent
insr the churches of the Blue
Mountain sub-district.
Rev. Boulden directed the study
on citizenship, Harris was song
leader and Celia Boulden, as local
president, helped in directing the
camp. Mrs. Boulden served as
chief cook on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith had as
their guests over the weekend her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr,
and Mrs. H. W. Allen of Redmond.
Heppner Methodist
Church Wins Award
For Improvement
The Heppner Methodist church,
of which the Rev. Lester Boulden
is pastor, is one of twenty
churches to receive an award in
the Oregon Council of Churches'
annual church improvement con
test. The local church finished in
second place in the under 2500
population classification. Awards
were made at the award ban
quet, held Monday, October 15,
at the Town and Country Church
conference, in Oregon State Col
lege. Judging is based on improve
ments in church buildings and
grounds, In the general church
organization, and in service ren
dered to the community. Judges
were the Rev, James McDowell of
Gresham, Mrs. Mildred Norman
and the Rev. Lowell Ellis of Port
land. In all, the twenty churches,
which reported 24,175 hours of
volunteer labor spent in church
improvement, with a cash outlay
of $118,101.00, have only a total
of 3391 members. The smallest
church to win an award has
nineteen members and the largest
650.
Mrs. Harry Duvall, Mrs. Whit
mer Wright, Mrs. Grace Drake
and Rev. Boulden were In Corval
lis to attend the award banquet.
The women returned to Heppner
Tuesday, but Rev. Boulden re
mained for the rest of the pro
gram which ended Thursday. He
was program coardlnator Wed
nesday. The church received a cash
award of $150.
School Census
Assistance Asked
Beverly Gunderson, clerk of the
Heppner school district, today
asked residents to aid in the com
pilation of the current school cen
sus. Students now registered in
school and their brothers and sis
ters have already been checked,
but the district would like to
know of other youngsters, either
new to the area or previously un
reported, who will be over 4 or
under 20 years of age by Novem
ber 15.
Anyone knowing of children in
that age bracket are asked to re
port them to Mrs. Gunderson by
calling her either at 6-9138 or
6-9220.
A complete census aids the
school board in planning its needs
during the coming year.
Two Hunters Spend
Night in Woods
Two hunters who failed to re
turn to their camps last Sunday
caused searching parties to start
looking for them, but before the
search got well underway both
found their way back to civiliza
tion. Search was started early Mon
day morning for Mrs. Ed Martin
of Hermiston, who with her hus
band and son had camped on
Board Creek near Parker's Mill.
Mrs. Martin was out most of Sun
nay and Sunday night but re
turned to her camp just as the
party was starting out after her.
. An unidentified boy was re
ported lost in the Swale Creek
area about the same time, but be
fore searchers could start looking
for him he walked out to Tupper
Guard station and reported in.
Neither suffered any injury.
Exchange Students
Talk at P-TA Meet
The regular meeting of the
Heppner P-TA was held October
10 at the grade school multipur
pose room with two foreign ex
change students providing an in
terestlng program.
The two, Bill Clark of Pendle
ton and Verner Von Kuhnsberg
of Switzerland, both gave talks
on their experiences. Clark told
of his months in Germany and
Von Kuhnsberg gave the group
an outline of the educational sys
tern in Switzerland. An elabor
ate display of foreign-made art!
cles was set up for the evening.
The two boys were accompanied
here by Wallace McCrea, Pen
dleton school superintendent.
The association approved Its
budget for the coming year and
refreshments of cookies and
breads were served.
The next executive meeting will
be held October 24.
EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Heppner, Tuesday,
Oct. 23 at the court house be
tween 9:30 a. m. and 3:30 p. m.
Golf Course to
Be Ready for
Play This Weekend
Heppner's long awaited golf
course, the Willow Creek Coun
try Club, will be opened to the
public for the first time this
weekend as workers are finish
ing up a month-long job of con
struction and preparation.
The new course Is located just
west of Heppner, adjacent to the
Wishing Well drive In and five
of the planned six holes will be
ready for golf enthusiasts by the
weekend, Bradley Fancher, sec
retary of the club announced on
Wednesday.
The 23 acre course which strad
les Willow creek in very attrac
tive setting, has been under con
struction for nearly a year. The
club was formed last fall and
leased the land from Thomas
Wells. During the winter and the
spring the members did consider
able work in cleaning brush,
mowing, laying out the holes
and obtaining necessary equip
ment. During the past month
workmen completed the construe
tion of three footbridges, the in
stalling of temporary sand greens
and necessary mowing and rak
ing of the fairways. The course
was planned for six holes, but the
expense of getting one ready
which required heavy construc
tion was so great that available
funds were used to get the first
five holes ready for play. The
club plans to purchase the sod
greens from the old Pendleton
Country Club as soon as that club
moves to its new location, but It
is expected to be spring before
this can be accomplished.
Open To Public
Though the club was formed
by a group of local men, the pre
sent 31 members have voted to
open the course to public play
and a greens fee of $100 per day
will be charged. At present
there is no clubhouse on the
grounds, but fees can be paid
at the Wishing Well drive-in
near the entrance to the course.
John Williams is president of
the organization,
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Rites Held Tuesday
At Lexington for
Mrs. Dolly Vinson
Funeral services were held
from the Lexington Christian
church Tuesday afternoon for
Mrs. Dolly Stella Vinson, 48, who
passed away October 13 at Pio
neer Memorial hospital following
a long illness.
Mrs. Vinson had lived at Lex
ington about two years but had
resided in the vicinity for seve
ral years.
She was born in Conrad, Mon
tana April 13, 1908 and was mar
ried to H. E. Vinson May 13, 1947
at Tucson, Arizona. She is sur
vived by her husband, her father
Charles E. Stewart of Cutbank,
Montana; one son, Robert Alcorn,
Denver, Colo.; a daughter, Audry
Howery, Shelby, Montana; three
sisters, Dorothy Dalager, Spokane,
Mae Barr, Hobson, Montana and
Margaret Lucas, Portland; two
brothers James Stewart, Alaska;
and Edward Stewart, Montana;
and four grandchildren.
The service was conducted by
Rev. Norman Northrup, vocalists
were Don Hatfield and Leonard
Munkers accompanied by Mrs.
C. C. Carmichael, and pall bear
ers were W. E. McMillan, Oris
Padberg, K. E. Peck, C. C. Jones,
E. E. McFadden and George Irvln.
Interment was in the Lexington
cemetery.
Creswick Mortuary. wa3 in
charge of arrangements.
Those from out of town attend
ing the services included Mr. and
Mrs. Helde Dalager and son, of
Spokane; Mrs. Margaret Lucas
and daughters of Portland; Char
les E. Stewart, Cutbank, Montana;
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Vinson, Kim
berly; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Way and
family, Hillsboro; Asa Way, of
Seaside; Mr. and ' Mrs. Bert
Breeding, Hermiston; Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Breeding, Grass Valley;
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Vinson, and
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas McDanlel, of
Heppner; Mr. and Mrs. Claude
White, Hardman.
LAYMAN'S SUNDAY SET
Layman's Sunday will be cele
brated in the Methodist church
Sunday, Oct. 21 during the church
hour. The program will be under
the direction of L. L. Robbins, lay
leader. Several lay members will
speak and a special dedication
of church school teachers will be
held.
Mr. and Mrs. Kaxley Anderson
left Monday for their home in
Mesa, Arizona after having spent
the summer in Heppner.