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L I SKARY U OF 0 EUGEf.'E. ORE mmts Copies 10 Cents 'THAT YOUR LIFE COULD BE HAPPIER . . . Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 20, 1956 Meppner Boy Prizes Unexpected Christmas Gift "Let be thou an example ... in word, in conversation . . ." That quotation from a letter of St. Paul's to Timothy came to have a real meaning early this week to Eddie Grpshens, Heppner high school junior and son of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Groshens of Hepp ner when he received a very un usual and unexpected Christmas gift from a man whom he ap parently met only once. The gift itself, though consider able and one that would please any young man, is not what has made Ed so proud of It. It is the spirit in which it was given and the wish that came with it that makes it to Ed, "A mighty big compliment." Ed's gift, a Pendleton shirt and a money order for $35, came from a man whom he served once last spring while shining shoes in a local barber shop. The man was a salesman whom he had never met before, and isn't certain now that he would know, but who is seriously ill at his home in Boise, Idaho and, according to the letter, probably will not recover. He took a liking to Ed, and three other boys somewhere in the territory he covered probably because (reading between the lines of the letter) they were like he wished his boy could have been. He had taken time to find out the boys' names and knew their approximate ages and sizes and apparently from his sick-bed he had given his sister-in-law some money and asked her to get them Christmas gifts. The letter was written by Inez Queenle for her brother-in-law Lou Queenle and said: "My brother-in-law Lou Queen. le recently gave me a' handful of cash and a list of names, yours included, and said, 'go buy these boys some gifts.' Lou is an elderly man whose one ambition in life was to have a son whose life could be happier than Lou's. Lou made his way from the age of 12 by shining shoes, errand boy, farm hand and such. "He did not realize his am bition, as his wife and baby died so he has eased his hurt by be friending other boys who hap pened to please him. From his list I see he has you listed as about 17, gray eyed and slender. If the garment I chose isn't satis factory in size or color, return it to Stranyx in Pendleton and get what you want. Being a poor shopper I'm sending the balance of this cash for you to do with as you please. The same I'll do for the other three boys on the list. "Lou said lie met you last spring in a barber shop when on a selling trip. He was a sales man till he became seriously ill and may not recover. "May you have a nice holiday and a bountiful and happy future that's Lou's wish for you." It is little wonder that Ed Groshens prizes his gift and most of all the letter that came with it. . I County Livestock Growers Set Annual Meeting Jan. 11-12 Preliminary plans were an nounced this week by the exe cutive committee of the Morrow County Livestock Growers Asso ciation for its annual meeting to be held in Heppner Friday and Saturday, January 11 and 12. Arrangements were made early this week at a meeting of the executive committee. An interesting two-day pro gram is planned with business meetings and committee reports scheduled for Friday and Satur day morning. A social hour spon sored by the Heppner branch of the First National Bank of Port land is set for Saturday evening to be followed by the annual ban quet that night. All the busi ness sessions and the social hour will be held at the Elks lodge with the banquet to be served at the fair pavilion. Several well-known outside speakers, are being arranged for and a complete program will be announced later, it was said. Taxation and other important matters will be discussed by the speakers and in committee meet ings. Officers of the county asso ciation include John Graves of Hardman, president and Bill Bar ratt, Heppner, vice president. All meetings will be open to the public. o Many Students Home For the Holidays Home for the Christmas holi days from colleges around the state are the following students: University of Oregon: Sally Cohn, Lance Tibbies and Wayne Sow ard; Portland State: Lowell Tur ner; Eastern Oregon College, La Grande; Jean Marie Graham and guest Millie Kawagaucha of Ha waii, Mary Ruth Green and guest Monte Carnes, Steven Green, AI Parent.Nancy Anderson, Connie Newman and Mike Monahan; Oregon State College: Adelia An derson, Jim Hayes, Darrell Blake, and David Cox; University of Portland: Jack Monagle, James Monahan and Larry Lindsay; Oregon Tech at Klamath Falls, Bob Stevens. FREE SHOW DUE FOR COUNTY KIDS AT STAR THEATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON Morrow county youngsters will and if there is an overflow crowd be treated to an afternoon's enter-1 the older children will be asked tainment and treats Saturday when the Star Theater will put on its 23rd anunal Free Christ mas show for the kids. Elaine George, theater owner has an nounced. All children will also be treated to free candy provided by the Heppner Elks lodge. The show is titled a "free Tom and Jerry Party for the Kids" but parents have no need to worry that their offspring will be getting some bad ideas if they attend the name comes from a Tom and Jerry Kartoon Kami val film that will keep the youngsters amused for the after noon. The show will start at 1:30 Bradley Fancher To Resign as DA; Plans Move to Bend Bradley D. Fancher, Morrow county district attorney since 1949 and a member of the law firm of Mahoney and Fancher, has announced that he will retire from the firm shortly after the first of the year. He plans to move to Bend where he will go into private business. He became associated with P. W. Mahoney in 1953. Mahoney announced that Ro bert Abrams, Fossil lawyer and Wheeler county district attorney, nas accepted a position with him and will move his family to Heppner about January 15. Abrams recently resigned his district attorney post in a letter to Governor Elmo Smith. Fancher has not resigned as district attorney, but expects to do so within a short time. Farm Bureau Sets Membership Drive Early News and Ad Copy Requested During Coming Weeks Early news and advertising copy during the next two weeks is asked by the Gazette Times because of the Christmas and New Year's holidays which break into the normal publica tion weeks. Correspondents and others with news items or advertising copy are asked to get it to the office on Mondays during the next two weeks if possible to give time to get it prepared for the papers. Copy not received until Wednesday or Thursday may of necessity be held over until the following week be cause of lack of time to get it set into type. o PFEIFFER NAMER TO CEMETERY BOARD John Pfeiffer was elected to a three-year term as a director of the Heppner cemetery mainten ance district at a special elec tion held recently. He replaces Harold Becket who did not seek reelection. Other directors are Paul Jones and Elaine George. o Mrs. Grace M. Eager. Portland, will arrive Saturday to spend the holidays with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mankin. nell. A special organizational meet ing of the Morrow County Farm Bureau was held Monday night at the Gene Cutsforth home and plans were made for the annual membership drive which will open January 14. Named team captains for the drive were Herman Blettell, David Baker, Bill Barratt, John Wightman, Irvin Rauch and Gene Cutsforth. On January 7 the cap. tains will attend a meeting in Bend and on the 9th will meet here to receive their assign ments. A kickoff breakfast is set for the morning of January 14 at the Donald Heliker resident near lone. to return for a second showing immediately following the first show. The show annually draws well over 500 youngsters. o Methodist School Pageant to be Given Sunday Evening The Methodist Sunday school program titled "In Jesus' Name" will be presented by the mem bers of all classes Sunday even ing, Dec. 23 at 7:30 it was an nounced this week by Mrs. Lester Boulden, Sunday school superin tendent. The narrator will be Mrs. Lucille Owens; organist, Mrs. Vic Kreimeyer, and soloist, Vic Krei meyer. The speech choir will be composed of members of the third grade, Mrs. Alvin Wagen blast teacher; fourth grade with Mrs. Herman Green and fifth and sixth grades with Mrs. Mattie Green as teacher. Prophets, angels, and shep herds, seventh and eighth grades, Mrs. Velma Glass; Mary and Joseph, wisemen and mission aries, the high school with Vic Kreimeyer as teacher. First and second grades will supply the mission school children under the direction of Mrs. M. R. Wag oner, Mrs. Darrell McLachlan, teachers. The Sunday school classes will be composed of be ginners and Kindergarten stu dents with Mrs. Norman Peters, Mrs. William Weatherford, Mrs. L. L. Robbins, Mrs. Kenneth Keel ing and Miss Barbara Warren, teachers. Carols will be sung by the adult choir. The public is invited. o Two Days of Free Parking Christmas Gift From City Heppner's mayor W. C. Rose wall and members of the city council will say Merry Christmas to all Heppner shoppers this weekend and the first of next by extending free parking privi leges to everyone Saturday and Monday, the last two shopping days beiore Christmas. The mayor announced that all downtown parking meters will be hooded during the two days prior to Christmas and extended an invitation to all residents of the county and outsiders to park free while doing last minute shopping at local stores. Week's Weather Fare Is Warm and Dry Heppner and most of Morrow county has basked in almost spring-like weather during the past week with the , temperature up into the 60's on pveral days and the only sign of frost coming early Wednesday morning in Heppner. It was partly cloudy much of the time but measurable rain fell on only three occasions during the past seven days according to Leonard Gilliam, local weather recorder, and that didn't amount to much. On two occasions, Dec. 13 and 14, .01 of an inch of rain fell and Tuesday, Dec. 18, .04 was recorded to bring the week's precipitation to just .06 inch. The total for December is only .41 inch, all of it in rain. County Bond Sales High During Month A report from the Federal Re- Sunday Schools Plan Christmas Pageant The public is invited to a Christmas Eve Christmas pageant to be presented at 7:30 p. m. at serve bank of San Francisco, re-1 tne 53vemn uay Aavenusr cnurcn ceived here todav bv Jack Bed-1 bv tne Sunday Schools of Valby Chamber Elects Five New Directors; Prexy to Be Chosen Five new chamber of commerce directors were elected to two-year terms on the board Monday at the annual election of the organiza tion. Chosen were Jack Loyd, Richard Brunner, Newt O'Harra, Paul Koenig and Bruce Lindsay. Holdover directors on the 10 man board are Jack Angel, Jack Bailey, James Farley, Jack Flug and Bradley Fancher. 1 lie entire board will meet within the next week to name a new president and two vice presidents to head the group dur ing the next year. They will be chosen from the directors. Phil Elakney. has served as president tins year. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, chair man of the traffic safety com mittee of the chamber, asked the group to join in the drive for an accident and death-free holiday period. The drive is titled, "Back the Attack on Accidents," and is being promoted by law agencies and other organizations in an etfort to reduce the state's traf fic death toll. It was announced that there will be no chamber meeting next Monday, Dec. 24 due to the holi day rush. There will however, be a meeting and installation of new otficers on Monday, Dec. 31. o Soropti mists Pack Christmas Boxes At Annual Party The annual Christmas party of the Soroptimist club was held last Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Leta Humphreys. The rooms were beautiful with snowflakes and Yule decorations and a surprise handkerchief shower was held for Mrs. Harold Sanders, who is leaving soon for California and Arizona. During the evening club mem bers packed boxes to be distri buted to the elderly men without families and also a box of home made candy and cookies which will be sent to the Veteran's hos pital in Walla Walla. Mrs. Oliver Creswick and Mrs. Robert Dobbs were Initiated as new members into the club and at the close of the evening birth day cake was served in honor of Mrs. E. E. Gonty, Mrs. Frank Hamlin and Mrs. Harry O'Don- ford, chairman of Morrow county savings bonds committee, shows that sales of E and H bonds in rne county in JNovember were and Hope Lutheran churches, The pageant, entitled "The Christmas Message", was written by the Sunday school staff and $23,011, bringing the total this' includes the great part the Old year to $251,344. Sales here in Testament Prophets played in November of 1955 were $23,444. laying the foundation for the ' bales of these popular United , birth of Christ celebrated on States Treasury department se curities in Oregon were higher last month than in any November since 1946", Bedford said. "Ore gonians bought $2,937,310 worth Christmas Day. The custom of going to church on Christmas Eve and returning home after ward to open Christmas presents still prevails among many homes of them, and have purchased M" the nation today and is traced $38,433,816 worth so far this year, back through the Scandinavian a higher total in eleven months and European countries, than we have had in any other full year since the war, except for 1955." The state Savings Bonds office reports that Umatilla and Whee ler counties completed their 1956 sales quotas at the erid of No vember, Joining Curry and Jef ferson counties, which had made theirs earlier. Umatilla was the first in the state's twelve largest counties to achieve this distinction. Christmas Services Set at All Saints' The first Mass of Christ will be sung at All Saints' Episcopal church beginning at 11:45 Christmas Eve with the prepara tory part of the service so that the actual Mass will not begin until 12:01 Christmas morning. There will be a second cele bration of the Holy Communion Christmas Morning at 10:00. Three Holy Days immediately follow Christmas Day. In order they are St. Stephen's Day, St John the Evangelist's Day, and on Friday, Holy Innocents' Day Holy Communion will be cele brated at 10:00 A. M. Truck-Car Wreck At Boardman Wednesday Tangles Traffic A big Consolidated tractor truck and two trailers and a late model car tangled Wednesday evening at the east end of the Boardman service road entrance to highway 30 causing consider able damage to both vehicles but no injuries. Traffic was delayed for some time. According to a statement by the truck driver Tom Lovett, the car which was driven by Miles Sarsfield of Spokane, pulled on to the main highway from the service road and struck the side of the truck throwing it out of control. It continued down the highway for some distance be fore going into the ditch and the trailers jacknifing on the road way. The truck was bound for Crescent, Ore., with a load of aluminum pallets. The car was badly damaged. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomp son and Janet were weekend guests at the home of his mother, Mrs. Robert Thompson. Many Local Stores Plan F riday Opening For Late Shoppers Several Heppner stores will remain open Friday night until 9 p. m. to accommodate last minute shoppers, it was an nounced today by Dick Brun ner. chairman of the chamber of commerce merchants com mittee. Included In the group will be Penney's. Wilson's. Gonty's, other apparel shops, Heppner Variety, drug stores and possl bly several others. The late hours are for the convenience of shoppers who are unable to do their buying during regular hours. o Livestock Prices Hold Former Gains HERMISTON The market was steady to stronger at the Hermis- ton Livestock Commission Co. sale Friday where an unusually large number of consignors, 135, placed 551 cattle, 154 hogs and 35 sheep on the auction block. All classes of animals held the gains recorded last week with veal skyrocketing to a range of $19 $24.25 cwt., compared with ast week's spread of $17.30- $19. The $24 25 top was a record high for the year. Grass heifers with a high mark of $16.30 cwt., showed a good gain over last week's $14.40 cwt. Stock er steers, weaner pigs and sows all showed slight gains with only steer calves with a top of $18.60 cwt. dropping a bit from last week's high of $19 cwt. Plenty of buyers were on hand from several Northwest states with the large number of single sales slowing down the speed of the sale slightly. Sale manager Delbert Anson reported that steer calves, heifer calves, and fat cows will be in special demand next week. The Market: CATTLE Baby calves, 3.50 to 13 per head; steer calves, 17.80 to 18.60 cwt.; heifer calves, 13.60 to 15 cwt.; veal, 19 to 24.25 cwt; stocker steers, 14.00 to 15.10 cwt.; feeder steers, 15.20 to 17.40 cwt.; grass heifers, 13.20 to 16.30 cwt.; dairy cows, 105 to 167 per head; utility and commercial cows, 10. 60 to 12.30 cwt; canner-cutter cows, 8.10 to 9.30 cwt; shells, 6.35 to 7.80 cwt; bulls, 11.20 to 12.80 cwt. and stock cows, 93 to 98 per head. HOGS Weaner pigs, 8.50 to 11.75 per head; fat hogs, 16.70 to 17.50 cwt.; sows, 12.20 to 14.90 cwt.; and feeder pigs, 14.50 to 17.60 cwt. SHEEP Feeder lambs, 14.20 to 16.10 cwt.; fat lambs, 16.10 to 17 cwt.; and yearling weathers, 8.50 to 12 cwt. Those earning top prices at the market included Arthur Sedman, Plymouth, 14.90 cwt. for a 290 pound red sow; Dan Phillips, Pendleton, 160 for a dairy cow; Wilbur Jones, Walla Walla, 24.25 cwt. for a 230 por.nd veal (new high for year-) ; L. B. Nixon, Her miston, 9.30 cwt, for an 1145 pound Holsteln cow; and Henry Wurtsmith, Hermiston, 17.50 cwt. for two fat hogs of 435 pounds. .JCA ,-.., . J 'TH o PFC MICHAEL D. BENGE, USMC. son of Mr. and Mrs. Terrel L. Benge of lone, is home for the Christmas holidays after com pleting eight months of school at Naval Air Stations at Jack sonville, Fla. and Memphis, Tenn. He will be stationed at F. M. F. Pacific at ElToro, Calif. Monument Mi Sold to Hudspeth The sale of the North Fork Tim ber company mill at Monument and extensive timber holdings in the John Day river area was an nounced late last week by P. W. Mahoney, Heppner, one of the tormer owners. The company was owned by Mahoney, Orville Smith, Seattle, a former resident of Heppner, Leonard Kraft of Portland. Pur chasers were John and Fred Hud speth of Prineville. No sale price was announced. The sale included the all-elec tric seven foot band mill at Monu ment with a capacity of about 50,000 board feet of lumber per day, and timber holdings of about 35,000,000 feet of pine and fir timber located in the Monument area. The mill employed about 25 men with logging operations contracted to the M and R Log ging company. Mahoney, Smith and Kraft had operated the mill since 1950. The purchase adds to the Hud speth interests which include the Hudspeth Pine mills in Prine ville and the Blue Mountain Lumber company at John Day. The new owners took over the operation Dee. 17. Scouts Plan District Court of Honor Officials of the Covered Wagon district, Boy Scouts of America, met at the Condon grade school on Tuesday night, December 12, and made preparations for a dis trict court of honor to be held at the Condon grade school on Janu- ry 8. Boy Scouts from Heppner, Lexington, lone, Arlington, Con don, Fossil and Kinzua will be eligible to receive awards of Se cond Class and higher together with merit badges. The Condon group will host a coffee hour for the parents and friends who at tend. The district chairman, Allen Nistad, presided at the meeting and he introduced Claire Storey, the new district scout executive. Storey presented a recent film prepared by the Boy Scouts en titled "They Also Serve". A roundtable discussion followed the Movie. Clarence Potter was appointed to the advisory com mittee, Norman Donart to camp ing and activities committee and Clarence Henry to Organization and extension committee. Leaders attending the meeting were Rollo Loomis and Robert Abrams from Fossil; Archie Gu ber, Tom Blessington and Clar ence Potter from Condon; Jim Angell from Heppner; Buster Vin. cent from Lexington; C. M. Christenson, Joe Wenzel and Ralph Henry from Arlington; Norman Donart and Allen Nistad from Kinzua and Claire Storey from Hermiston. Rhea Creek Grange To Have Christmas Party The Rhea Creek grange will hold its Christmas party on Sat urday, December 22 beginning with a potluck dinner at 6:00 p. m., followed by a program and gift exchange. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fer guson were In Everett, Washing ton over the weekend. They re turned Monday accompanied by their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly and granddaughter, Luanne, who will remain here until after the Christ mas holidays. 73rd Year, Number 41 Mill Shutdown Said Only Normal; To Reopen Feb. 1 The Heppner Pine Mills will shut down at the end of the regu lar shift Friday, Dec. 21 for about a five-week's period it was an nounced this week by Paul Koe nig, plant manager. The planer will continue to operate for an other week or two then will be closed down along with the mill until about February 1 when the entire plant will again reopen. The shutdown is only the normal closure for the plant though it comes somewhat earlier than in some previous years, it was said. It is impossible to cold deck enough logs to keep the mill running through the winter and the present time was thought to be the best time for a shutdown. Logging will continue as long as the weather allows the men to get into the woods and normal maintenance and repair work on the mill will be done during the period. Koenig said he expects to start operations again shortly after February 1. o Heppner P-TA Hears Of Traffic Safety Program, at School The traffic safety program of the Heppner school board was ex plained by president L. E. Dick Wednesday night at the monthly meeting of the Heppner Parents- Teacher Association. The P-TA has been working with the board on the traffic safety plan in the school area and one P-TA member served on the special committee set up by the district to aid the board in its program. Dick explained what progress had been made and how the plan was developed. A panel of three persons, Mrs. Velma Glass, county health nurse, Sgt. David Brizendine of the state police and county as sessor Harry Dinges gave short talks on the duties of a county nurse, how radar Is being used on state highways; and an ex planation of how taxes are fig ured in the county. The program was under the direction of Ever ett Keithley. The P-TA student loan fund was explained by Mar ion Huggett who said that one student now attending Eastern Oregon college at La Grande will be granted a loan from the fund. The, program committee waa congratulated on its fine pro grams it has provided this year ann aiso tne membership com mittee on its successful drive The membership was also thanked for its cooperation in donating refreshments for the meetings. Joseph K. Carson Dies in Portland Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brown left today (Thursday) for Portland, called by the death of their brother-in-law, Joseph K. Carson, former mayor of Portland, who passed away Wednesday night. Mrs. Carson is the former Myr tle Craddlck and was raised In Morrow county. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson were Mr. and Mrs. Morris Johnson of Post Falls, Idaho. HEY THERE-- Only 3 Shopping Days Left! 3 Von davfe a Girishnas
