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fcette L 1 BRAKY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE . Copies 1 0 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 13, 1956 73rd Year, Number 40 Christmas Planned During Week By Churches, Schools Among the many special Christ mas programs to be held during the next week by schools and churches will be the annual Christmas cantata to be presented Thursday evening, Dec. 20 at 8 p. m. at the Methodist church. It will be given by the combined choirs of the Methodist and Chris, tian churches and is under the di rection of Norman Peters, Hepp ner school music insturctor. Program for - the cantata, Chimes of the Holy Night, in cludes: Christmas Bells are Ring ing; How Beautiful Upon the Mountains, by Mrs. Charles Knox; .But Thou, Bethlehem, Mrs. Joe Stewart; Earth's Weary Waiting Done, women's chorus; In the Watches of the Night, Mrs. Nor man Peters; Good Tidings, men's chorus; Glory to God in the High est; On Earth Peace; Let Us Go Even Unto Bethlehem, Vic Krei meyer; Jesus, Our Lord, Mrs. Tom Wells; Break Forth into Joy; The Star of the Eastern Sky, Gordon Pratt; The Lord is Born Today. Members of the choirs are: sopranos, Mesdames Joe Stewart, Fred Hoskins Jr., Norman Peters, Fred Gimbel, David Eckman, Tom Wells, Earl Bryant, Cecil Hicks, Lester Boulden. Miss Mari lyn Calvin, Shirley Nash, Sharon Case and Alice Faye Stewart. Altos, Mesdames Whitmer Wright, Charles Knox, Grace Hughes. Miss Celia Boulden, Death Claims Erik Bergsfrom Erik Bergstrom, 91, a wheat rancher in the Gooseberry com munity for 68 years, died Sunday, Dec. 9 at the home of his son E. William Bergstrom. Mr. Bergstrom was born Febru ary 1, 1S65 at Grasmark, Sweden and came to America in 18S8. . He was a member of the Valby Luth eran church. Services were held Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the Heppner Christian church with Rev. Merlin Ziej of ficiating. Burial was in the Rose City cemetery in Portland' on Wednesday morning at the Pear son Mortuary in Portland. Surviving are three sons, Carl F. and E William both of lone, and Oscar G. Bergstrom of Port land. One daughter preceeded him in death having passed away in 1926. He also leaves nine grandsons, one granddaughter, and 22 great-grandchildren. Creswick Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. f if 1 ' .4?) A'0 Q ' A Miiitti x tiArrt YOUNUSitH was this unidentified young lady when Santa took time out from his duties to pose with her for d picture. The Jolly old fellow arrived by fire truck promptly at 1 p. m. last Saturday and was welcomed by over 500 children. j f - . . ,' . - ' I ' h:' ; .... ' I i f ; - ........ e , , x y, ... , . . . , ., -. '.. : - i ... -t t . .' i - - J i'--, - - i . ..' - -- si - . ...... , . fi! ;' t. fit )'kv L . - " - . CENTER OF ATTRACTION, somewhere in this crowd of youngsters and parents, was Santa Claus who made his annual pre-Christmag visit to Heppner last Saturday. He greeted all his friends on the street then spent an hour in the Elks lounge getting the low-down from those who wanted to talk longer. He gave out about 500 sacks of candy during his brief visit. (GT Photos) Programs Janice Martin, Susan McQuarrie, Carol Anderson and Mary Jo Stewart. Tenors, Gordon Pratt, Joe Stew art, Norman Peters, Walt Gay. Basses, Victor Kreimeyer, Clem Stockard, Renne Harris, Eddie Olson and Jay Sumner. Organist is Mrs. Kreimeyer. School Programs Set Other special programs in elude two at the Heppner schools. The grade school will give theirs Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 18 from 1:30 to 3:30 and the high school Wednesday evening, Dec. 19 at 8 p. m. The Lexington school program will be held Thursday, Dec. 20 and the lone school pro gram and community Christmas tree will be held Thursday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 at the cafetorium. The Lexington Christian and Congregational church will hold its Christmas program Sunday evening Dec. 23 and the lone Community church on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 6:30 p. m. The Heppner Christian church will present the Christmas pa geant, "The Shining Candles," Sunday, Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.-m. with every department of the Bible school represented. The pa geant closes with a candle-lighting ceremony in which everyone attending will participate. There will be a special Christ mas service included as Dart nf the regular Sunday school hour Sunday morning, Dec. 23 at All Saints Episcopal church and the Assembly of God church will nave a special Sunday school Christmas program on Friday evening Dec. 21 at 7:45. At the lone Church of the Nazarene a special program has ben set for Sunday, Dec. 23 at 7:30. The program will include a play, "The Town Crier", put on by the young people of the church. Mrs. Cal Sumner New President of Band Parents Club The Heppner band parents club met Monday night to elect offi cers for the coming year. They are: Mrs. Cal Sumner, president; Mrs. Roice Fulleton, vice-president; and Mrs. N. C. Anderson, secretary-treasurer. Other business included a dis cussion of a banner for the band and possible majorette uniforms. All parents of band members are urged to be present at the next meeting to do neld In the school band room January 14 when it is planned to set the date for the band carnival and name committees for the event. ir County School Census Reveals Gain of 3 Children The recently completed census showed a total of 1409 youngsters of school children in the county between the ages of four and 20 years, the county school superin tendent's office revealed this week. The figure Is an increase of just three over last year's to tal. A breakdown by county dis tricts show Heppner with 675 children; Lexington 151; lone 213; Boardman 116; Irrigon 233 and Hardman 20. By comparison, the 1955 cen sus showed Heppner having 665; Lexington 142; lone 204; Board man 135; Irrigon 240. and Hard man 20. The census is taken annually to aid the various district boards in determining their physical plant needs and educational pro grams for the years ahead. Gains Seen in Livestock Prices HERMISTON The weather out. side was frightful but the market was real delightful at the Hermis ton Livestock Commission Co. sale Friday with gains ranging from $.50 cwt to better than $1 cwt., on most classes of animals. Some 97 consignors placed 412 cattle, 75 hogs and 27 sheep on the auction block in a speedy sale that had plenty of bidders despite the cold. Hot items on this rather chilly day were steer calves, selling at from $17.90 to $19 cwt., compared with the last week's $17.30 $18.50 range; veal, $17.30 $19 cwt., com pared with the previous sale's $16.10 $18.25 spread; and dairy cows, $101 to $169 per head com pared with last week's $87 $112.50 per head. Other good gainsers included feeder steers, with a top of $17.40 cwt., a gain of $1.10 cwt. over last week, and fat hogs, with a high of $17.40 cwt., compared with last week's $16.40 top. Plenty of steer calves and yearling steers will be in de mand for next Friday's sale, sale manager Delbert Anson reported. The Market: CATTLE Baby calves, 1.50 to 11 per head; steer calves, 17.90 to 19 cwt.; heifer calves, 13.80 to 15 cwt.; veal, 17.30 to 19 cwt.; stocker steers, 13.75 to 14.60 cwt.; feeder steers, 14.60 to 17.40 cwt.; grass heifers, 13.20 to 14.90 cwt.; dairy cows, 101 to 169 per head; Utility and commercial cows, 10. 50 to 12.20 cwt.; canner-cutter cows, 7.80 to 9 cwt., shells, 6.25 to 7.20 cwt.; and bulls, 11.40 to 12.85 cwt. HOGS Weaner pigs, 4.50-10.50 per head; fat hogs, 16.30 to 17.40 cwt.; and sows, 12.20 to 13.90 cwt. SHEEP Feeder lambs, 14.10 to 16.20 cwt.; fat lambs, 16.30 to 17 cwt.; and older ewes, 10 per head. Those earning top prices at the market included T. F. Kirk, Stanfield, 18.40 cwt. for eight feeder pigs of 880 pounds; Frank Bensel, Hermiston, 17.40 cwt for five fat hogs of 1095 pounds; P. C. Evans, Walla Walla, 9 cwt. for a 1080 pound holstein cow; Art hur Sedmen, Plymouth, 15 cwt. for 18 heifer calves of 1325 pounds; Archie Moore, Granger, 17.40 cwt. for 12 yearling steers of 9000 pounds; Ed Means, Milton, 19 cwt. for a 230 pound veal; and C. A. Conlee, Fossil, 18.90 cwt for 35 steer calves of 15,190 pounds. Heppner Navy Man On Antarctic Trip VALPARAISO, Chile Raymond Y. Walker, fireman, USN. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Walker of Heppner, Oregon, departed Nov. 30 from Valnariso. Chile aboard the Navy icebreaker USS Staten island enroute to the Antarctic to participate in "Operation Deep freeze II". Prior to this visit to the chief seaport of Chile, the ship had spent two days at Balboa, Central America. The Staten Island's destination is the Weddell Sea. a hitherto un- inhabited area where a new sta tion "will be constructed to pro vide housing, administrative, messing and laboratory facilities for International Geographical Year personnel. The ship is due to return to Seattle, Wash., in early May 1957. o Weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Sumner were her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sumner and family of Arlington. Board Defers Plan To Add Property The Heppner school board at its monthly meeting Dec. 4 discussed the possibility of purchasing ad ditional land for future school expansion but deferred any ac tion along that line for the time being because of its present re modelling program. The board received the archi tect's estimate of approximately $50,000 for the remodeling of the high school science room, library and commercial rooms. This work is part of the four-year pro gram set up some time ago for modernizing the old building. It was decided to appoint an advisory council, to aid the boar.d on matters where a broader base of community opinion is desired. The group would advise them on such matters as long range pro grams, budgeting and taxation. The result of the school census was announced with 677 persons reported. This is an increase' of 15 over last year. There were 54 first graders reported for the start of the 1957-58 school year but experience has shown that there are usually about 10 addi tional youngsters by the time for registration. The board approved the addi tion of a half-time teacher in the budget for next year for special and remedial education. The meeting night of the board has been changed to the second Tuesday of each month. Rainfall Here Gentle, Welcome While much of western Oregon was getting up to four inches of rain in 24 hours early this week which came on top of a heavy layer of snow, Heppner received only a welcome drizzle which brought just over one-quarter of an inch of moisture. Leonard Gilliam, Heppner wea ther recorder measured .26 Inch of rain Tuesday morning and another .01 Inch Wednesday to bring December's total precipita tion ta .35 inch. - " - '. - The weather this week has been almost spring-like with the mer cury climbing into the 50's and low 60's Monday and Tuesday following a week of below freez ing temperatures. Rain was general over most of the county and this section of Eastern Ore gon, but not nearly as heavy as the area west of the Cascades ex perienced. In many sections to the west the heavy rainfall has caused localized floods. ROGER W. BABSON Babson Business Forecast Due in December 27 GT The Gazette Times will again publish Babson's Business and Financial Forecast for 1957, a regular year-end feature of this paper. It will appear in the issue of December 27. A careful checking of the Bab son predictions made in the Busi ness and Financial Report for 1956 upholds the remarkable average of the past years by be ing 85 percent correct. Below is the score for the past nine years. It holds the best and highest re cord for annual forecasts on U. S. future business. The forecast for 1956 was 85 accurate; 1955 84; 1954 86; 1953 84; 1952 88; 1951 86; 1950 81; 1949 80; 1948 91. Watch for it in this paper in two weeks. Second Scout Troop Selling Xmas Trees The members of Heppner's se cond Boy Scout troop went Into the Christmas tree business this week when Troop 61 received a shipment of Douglas fir trees from a Washington tree farm. The boys are doing business at the corner of May and Chase streets with George Terrell, the Scoutmaster, in charge. V-V fit? SSI KeiiEietEi Of State t.. mn n'li'i 'i" ':'ti i -Ti-imimmito' 10 iufj KENNETH PECK, left of Lexington Is shown receiving his "Conservation Man 'of the Year" plaque from M. J. Frey, publisher of The Oregonlan, The announcement of the winner and the presen tation of the award was made last Saturday at the Oregon Wheat Growers League convention in Portland. It is given annually by The Oregonlan. Mrs. Peck is shown receiving the award with her husband. ' (Cut courtesy The Oregonlan) AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO VOTED IN 1894 ELECTION STILL LIVING There is at least one person still alive who voted in the 1894 general election at Gooseberry, the Gazette Times was informed this week. The information came as a result of last week's story telling of the finding of an old ledger book and ballot in a home in that area that was being re modeled. Chamber of Commerce Slates Annual Election Monday Chamber of commerce members this week started nominations for directors of the organization and will elect five new members to the board at its meeting next Monday noon. Following the election for directors, the board will choose a president and other officers for the coming year. Monday's program included pantomime numbers by Dorris Morris, Robert Nichols and Tom Green, Heppner grade school stu dents. Oregon Rodeo Assn Changes Name and Enlarges Program At a recent meeting in Pen dleton the former Oregon Rodeo Association changed its name to Northwest Rodeo Association and named new officers to carry on the organization's activities dur ing the coming year. The name change was made so the group could include cow boys from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and Canada. The group will work for better ment of conditions and rules governing rodeo events and will strive to bring about honest ad vertising by rodeos so the public will know the truth about the advertised rodeo events in the approved NWRA rodeos. Special representatives were elected to cover each section of the country. Max Nogle, Kent, is bulldogging director of the as sociation. New president is Don Sullivan of Hereford, Bud Ingram, Haines, vice-president, and Elea nor West of Philomath is secretary-treasurer. Present at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jones of Heppner. He is Heppner rodeo director. Social Security Date is Changed The schedule of Social Security visits to Heppner has been re vised due to the Christmas holi days according to word released by Vernon A. Welo, district mana ger. A representative of the La Grande office will be at the city hall in Heppner from 9:00 a. m. until 12 noon, Wednesday, De cember 19, rather than December 26 as originally scheduled. Pedt Wins Title Conservation Man The one known living voter in fact she was one of the candi dates whose name was listed on the ballot is Mrs. Addie Conlee Binns who is now a patient in the Pioneer Memorial hospital nursing home. She will be 95 years old next February. Mrs. Binns has been ill fur aev eral years and has been hospi talized here for about a year and one-half. She was listed on the 1894 bal lot as Addle Loniee and was running for county school super intendent. o James Hayes Picked For ROTC Drill Team OREGON STATE COLLEGE James H. Hayes of Heppner has been selected to be a member of the air force ROTC Silver Wings drill team at Oregon State college, Twenty-five students . were picked for the team this year In drill tryouts. The team presents marching demonstrations at various cam pus events during the year and competes with other air force teams of the region in special drill competition. Hayes, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hayes of Heppner, a sophomore majoring in agricul ture at OSC. He is a 1955 grad uate of Heppner high school. o Duane Baker Picked On All-Star Team PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (Spe cial) Duane Baker of lone, Oregon has been named on the second team of the Northwest all-con ference squad in the position of halfback. Baker was the leading ground gainer of the Pacific Unl versity Badgers this season. He is a graduate of lone high school where he participated in foot ball, basketball and baseball. Rhea Creek Grange Sets Party Dates The Rhea Creek grange an nounced today that it will hold its Christmas party on Saturday, Dec. 22 starting, with a potluck dinner at noon followed by a business meeting and exchange of gifts. !hrj4fnuvJCrtirud; I County's 1953 Winner Takes Top State Honors Kenneth Peck of Lexington Sat urday was named Oregon's "Conservation Man of the Year" and received his award from M. J. Frey, publisher of The Ore gonlan at one of the final sessions of the Oregon Wheat Growers League convention in Portland. The trophy is presented by The Oregonlan. Peck was named the 1953 Mor row county Conservtion Man of the Year. His conservation practices on the 1120 acre wheat and cattle ranch he farms just out of Lex ington won for him the title over entrants from other Oregon counties. Among those which are outstanding is a program which adds to Instead of losing valuable topsoil on his ranch. Trashy fallow together with strip cropping has practically erosion-proofed 750 acres used for grain production on his farm. Contour chiseling and sodded waterways are among the other soil saving practices in use. He is steadily improving the productivity of a 12-acre alfalfa field which was established on a former creek bottom waste area. His method is to put out soil traps which divert water out of the . creek when it runs heavy with topsoil during periods of heavy runoff allowing it to silt out over his field. About 200 acres which Include several former blow areas have been seeded to grass and alfalfa pastures. Peck has been successful in Increasing wheat yields through the use of nitrogen fertilizer which is applied following soil tests to determine the proper amount that can be applied ef fectively. Peck is the first Morrow county farmer to receive the top state conservation award, but only last week a close neighbor of his, Alvin Wagenblast received the second place award in the north west Grassman of the Year con test. Also receiving plaques at the Portland meeting were the 1956 county Grassman winners which included the Morrow county win ners, Norman and Alfrel Nelson of Lexington. Members of the committee which selected the Conservation winner were Alvin Bunch, Hepp ner, chairman; Harsley Coe, Union county; Ronald Row, Uma tilla county; Bill Hardie, Gilliam county; James Hunt, Wasco county; E. R. Jackman, Oregon State College; and Merle OvQson, superintendent of the Pendleton branch experiment station. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Del Jordan last weekend were his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Merwln Jordan of Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Fan cher, Jody and B. J.,' spent the weekend in Bend.
