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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.