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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 31,1 957
73rd Year, Number 47
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EEAUTIFUL BUT BOTHERSOME Typical of most houses and build
ings in Heppner during the past two weeks is this array of icicles
hanging from the eaves or this home on South Court street be
longing to Alta Cutsforth. Many buildings were having troubles
with icicles weighing down eaves and freezing under shiugles,
pushing them up: Continuing sub-zero temperatures have only
added to the length of the icicles as some thawing occurs during
the day. (GT Photo)
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PIONEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL has been festooned the full length
of the building with icicles up to four and five feet long, but even
these are small compared with some which have reached clear to
the ground and are up to three feet around. Snow depth was
about six inches when picture was taken.
Mountain Snow
Pack 70 Percent
Below Last Year
Water content of the snow
pack on the Arbuckle snow
course is 56 percent below the
long time average and 70 per
cent less than last year at this
time, according to snow measure.
ments taken Tuesday by Tom
Wilson of the Soil Conservation
service,
Sixteen inches of snow with a
water content of 3.3 inches was
reported compared with measure,
ments taken Jan. 31 last year
that showed a snow depth of
46 inches with 11 inches of water.
A water content of 7Va inches is
average for this time of year,
according to records of federal
and state cooperative surveys
taken since 1929.
Watershed soils are frozen hard
beneath the snow, Wilson report
ed. Usually there is a bufld-up
in the snow pack during Febru
ary and March, he added.
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Insurance Subject
Of C of C Program
Marion Green, Heppner life in
surance representative, explained
some of the many uses of insur
ance and the various types of
policies now being written by
insurance companies at the
chamber of commerce meeting
Monday noon at O'Donnell's. He
told of life insurance plans now
being put into effect in the busi
ness world as well as individual
plans.
In other chamber business,
secretary J. R. Huffman reported
that there are now $6,700 in
lighting bonds still outstanding.
Two years ago the organization
sold $9,300 in bonds to finance
the lighting of the local rodeo
field.
Next week the chamber will be
guests of the Heppner high school
student council and will eat at
the school cafeteria.
lone P-TA Slates
Annual Fun Night
The lone P-TA will hold its
annual Fun Night Saturday night
February 2 at the school caletor
ium. Admission will be $1.00 for
adults and 50 cents for children.
The affair is an annual money
raising event of the group and
always draws a big crowd.
Dr. and, Mrs. James Norene
left today' (Thursday) for Port
land where he will attend a
veterinary meeting. They plan
on returning to Heppner on Sunday.
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Morrow Abstract
Company Sold to
Harry O'Donnell Jr.
Mrs. Grace Nickerson announ
ced this week that she has sold
the Morrow County Abstract and
Title company to Mr. and Mrs.
Harry O'Donnell Jr. of Heppner.
They took over operation of the
business January 15. N
Mrs. Nickerson has been in the
business since she and her hus
band Frank purchased it in 1926.
In 1930 it was Incorporated and
title insurance was added in
1935. Mr. Nickerson died in 1942
and she has operated it since
that time.
Mrs. Nickerson plans to remain
on for a while to aid the new
owners.
Arley Lee Podberg
Dies Wednesday at
lone; Services Set
Arlov Lee Padbers of lone
died late Wednesday at his home
near lone. He was 57 years of
age.
Mr. Padbersr was born August
6, 1899 near lone and had lived
in this area all his life. Services
will be held Saturday, Feb. 2 at
2 p. m. at the Lexington Chris-
tian church with the Rev. Nor
man Northrup officiating. Inter
ment will be in the Lexington
cemetery.
He is survived by his mother,
Lana Padberg, lone; three sis
ters, Mrs. Opal Burton, Portland;
Pearl Kruse, Lake, Grove, Ore
son: and Mrs. Hazel Devin, Con
don. He also leaves one brother,
Darrell of lone.
Creswick Mortuary is in charge
of arrangements.
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"Sunny" Vacation
Plan Backfires
Tom Huston of lone left last
week for a vacation in "warm.
sunny" Palm Springs, Califor
nia with the idea that he
would get a respite from the
Morrow county snow.
His plans didn't work out
quite as expected however, for
early this week snow fell in
Palm Springs the first in
many years.
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Lexington High
Names Honor Students
The Lexington high school this
week announced its list of honor
roll students for the first se
mester. They are: seniors, Donald Hunt,
Maureen Groves and Beverly
Baker. Sophomores, Hoyt Laney,
Hank Pointer and Nadine Wad
dill. Freshmen Dennis Doherty
and Charlene Jones.
Mercury Dips to -IS
During Week; Break
Comes Wednesday
Puddles were rapidly re
placing piles of snow today as
the long-hoped-for warm-up
finally came.
A rising thermometer late
Wednesday following a brief
nearly one-quarter inch of snow
over Heppner started the first
thaw felt here in nearly three
weeks. The warm front was
accompanied by brisk winds
that caused some drifting over
roads but were removed as
fast as possible.
At press time the thermome
ter stood at 40 degrees and
slush appeared to be the order
of the day.
The weather continued to be
the top item of news and con
versation in Morrow county this
week as the area completed its
18th consecutive day (as of Wed
nesday) of sub-freezing tempera
tures. Much of the time the
minimurns have been far below
zero.
The storm which started on
January 13 and brought over one
foot of snow in the first 10 days
was followed late last week by a
huge high pressure weather sys
tem which brought clear skies
to all of the Pacific Northwest.
After dropping to -15 on two
nights last weekend, the cold
moderated somewhat Tuesday
and Wednesday when the mer
cury climbed clear up to 30 de
grees for a few minutes. Night
time lows however, still fell
below zero and every night for
the past six days the minimum
has been zero or colder.
The minus 15 degree lows re
corded here both Saturday and
Sunday nights came within the
degrees of equalling the Heppner
weather station all-time low re
cord of .18 which has been re
corded here on several occasions,
the last time in January, 1950.
The 1950 cold spell, though
more severe than the current one,
did not last so long without a
break. The present 18 consecu
tive days of constant below-freezing
temperatures is a record here,
as far as is known. In January
and February 1950 there were
two spells of extremely cold wea
ther, one of seven and one of 13
days, but they were broken by
nearly a week of warm weather.
Heppner Still "Warm"
Even with the thermometer
dropping to .15 degrees, Heppner
held on to its "banana belf '
title for during the same period!
last week Pendleton was setting
a record with 28 below, Hermis- j
ton and Stanfield was as low
as 35 hplnuz .mrl nthpr spntinns
of Morrow county chalking up
Ruggs traditionally the cold spot the Past two vears' was named! Essex, England. He had previ
tho nroa immorHptoi,, 0rr,nH ! assistant chief. He replaces 1 ously suffered a stroke which
Heppner, recorded an unofficial
-24, according to reports. Post for several years, but re-
There is thought to be little cently resigned from the depart
crop damage resulting from thement- Everett Keithfcy is a
extreme cold, as far as can be ' company captain and chief Rug
determined. The heavy layer of 6les wil1 aPPoint another cap-
snow, which now has settled to,1"'" l" v itma,,u.
about 6 to 7 inches in Heppner,
has provided ample protection
for fall seeded wheat. Some
barley may have to be reseeded,
however. The loss of a few
newly-born calves and lambs
has been reported.
Pipe Thawing Big Business
Plumbers and others equipped
to thaw frozen water pipes have
been on the go alnfost constantly
during the past seven days and
it was a common sight to see cars
being towed or pushed to get
them started. City water crews
have reported a surprisingly
small number of broken water
meters and credit the luck to the
protective snow covering.
' Nearly all buildings and homes
are festooned with long icicles
and several residences have suf
fered water damage when Ice
walls have formd on overhang
ing eaves and water has backed
up under the shingles to eventu
ally run down into the house.
The ice-walls form when heat
from the building melts some of
the snow covering. The water
then re-freezes as it gets to the
overhang backing up other water
behind it. Considerable damage
has resulted to plaster and wall
paper.
lone School Closed
Heppner and Lexington schools
held classes throughout the past
week, but at lone the school was
closed Monday and Tuesday when
pipes froze in the kitchen and
the heating system failed to keep
up with the need for warmth.
Regular classes were, held again
Wednesday. In the Irrigon, Uma
tilla and Hermiston area, schools
have been closed all week, main
ly because of the inability of the
busses to cover their routes. Seve
ral high and grade school bas
ketball games scheduled during
the past week were postponed or
cancelled because of the closed
schools or hazardous driving
conditions.
According to reports received
here Wednesday the Columbia
river is frozen over solid from
Bonneville to The Dalles. Above
The Dalles the ice is piling up
rapidly, it was said.
Break Foreseen
Wednesday afternoon the tem
perature rose into the high 20's
and snow began to fall in Hepp
ner, an indication that the long-hoped-for
break might be in the
offing. Government weather fore
casts called for gradually warm
ing temperatures later this week
with the possibility of more
snow as the mercury rises.
The lack of wind during the
past week aided highway and
road crews in keeping
roads
clear, but Wednesday strong
winds in the higher elevations
were causing considerable drift
ing and new snow was falling.
Official temperatures at the
Heppner weather station for the
past week were:
Max. Min.
Friday 17 0
Saturday ' ' 6 -15
Sunday 6 -15
Monday 9 -11
Tuesday Vl9 -9
Wednesday - 30 -2
Observer Leonard Gilliam also
reported that up to Wednesday
there has been an even one inch
of moisture fall here during Janu.
ary .85 inch was in the form of
snow with the balance coming
as rain early in the month.
Slightly over one foot of ' snow
has fallen here this month.
Heppner Fire Dept.
Adds New Members,
Elects Officers
Three new members of the
Heppner volunteer fire depart
ment were taken into the organi
zation Monday at the annual
business meeting and election of
officers. They are Darrell Power,
Forrest BurKenmne ana iioya
Sayers. The department now has
5 active members.
C. A. Ruggles Was re-elected
chief of the department and
Robert Penland, a captain for
Cornett Green, who has held the
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Neil Beamer, Stephen Green
and Bill Hughes left Monday for
Pacific University at Forest
Grove where they will enter for
the second semester,
"DO-IT-YOURSELF"
INAUGURATED BY
Writing a news
story about
Oregon weather for a weekly
paper is about as tough a job
as any weekly editor can run in
to. Its not the reporting of what
happened that is the problem,
but trying to keep up with the
changes that causes the head
aches.
In the case of the Gazette Times
and many other smaller week
lies, most front page news stories
must be written at least by Wed
nesday afternoon to give time
to get them set into type and
printed by Thursday afternoon.
The way the weather has been
this week a story written Wed
nesday afternoon (such as our
weather story was) may be
completely out-dated by the time
readers get their paper. As the
story was being written it was
snowing, but before it was com
plcted It had stopped and the
temperature was beginning to
drop again slightly. What can
happen between the time this is
written and it gets into print Is
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A REAL SLEIGH Heppner residents came back for a second look
early this wsek as this sleigh pulled by a two-horse team slipped
silently along snow layered streets. The sleigh and team is the
property of Floyd Hutchins, Heppner policeman, who says the run
ners have been in his family for years. To rig it up, he merely
slips the wheels off an old buggy and substitutes the runners.
(Photo by C. A. Ruggles)
Joseph B. Adams, 86,
Called By Death,
Services Wednesday
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday at 1 p. m. at the Hepp
ner Christian church for Joseph
:B, Adams, 86, who passed away
January 26 at Pioneer Memorial
hospital. The Rev. Charles Knox
officiated at the service and in
terment was in the Hardman
cemetery.
Mr. Adams was born January
24, 1871 in Jackson county, Mis
souri and came to Heppner twice,
the last time" when he was 19
years of age. He has been a
continuous resident of "this area
for the past 67 years. He formerly
farmed in the Hardman area
and was married to Ida May
Warren August 5, 1905 at Hard
man. Surviving are two sons, Frank
L. of Pendleton and Forrest E.
of Heppner; three daughters,
Esther Burnside, Heppner; Lois
McKitrick, Belleview, Idaho;
Charlotte Rogers, Hermiston;
three brothers, Tom, Steve and
Bob, all of Independence, Mis
souri; two sisters, Annie Adams
and Dolly Perkins, both of Inde
pendence, Missouri. He also
leaves , 13 grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren. His wife
and two children preceeded him
in death.
Creswick Mortuary was in
charge of arrangements.
Former Heppner Man
Dies in England
Word has been received here
of the recent death of Frank
Hale at the home of a
Mrs. Barbara Creek, at
n lece,
Grays
left his arms and legs paralyzed.
Mr. Hale was a former Hepp
ner resident who left here many
years ago to return to England
to assist his sister who lost her
husband in World War I. He
later entered the Royal Flying
Corps where he served during
part of the war. He was never
able to return to Heppner as he
had planned.
He leaves a brother, Norman of
Hollister, California.
WEATHER REPORT
GAZETTE-TIMES
anybody's guess, including the
weatherman's whose guesses
don't always prove out either.
This paper nearly decided to
leave it up to the groundhog,
who will have his day next Sat
urday, but it is doubtful if the,
little fellow will be able fo dig
his way out to give his annual
prognostication. Instead, the
Gazette Times decided to let its
readers do their own figuring as
to the weather at the time they
read this, so is publishing the
following check-chart. Each
reader may check whatever he
thinks is going on weatherwise
at the time and thereby stands
responsible for his own report or
forecast. As a result the GT can
not be held responsible for poor
reporting.
Snowing
Raining
Hailing -
Freezing
Thawing
Sunshine
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Soil Conservation
District Names
New Director
Alvin Wagenblast, Lexington,
was elected a supervisor of the
Heppner Soil Conservation dis
trict to replace Newt Ollarra,
Lexington, at the annual district
meeting attended by about 50
persons Tuesday night at the
Lexington Grange hall.
"Integration of agricultural
producers, prosessers and mar
keting agencies is slowly causing
changes in agriculture", Dr. Bur
ton Wood, head of the depart
ment of agricultural economics,
Oregon State college, stated in a
speech to the group. "Large com
panies control over types and
and amount of feed and selection
of breeds in chicken raising or
control of spraying, cultivating
and harvesting of citrus fruits
are examples", he pointed out.
In- forecasting a stable year for
agriculture in 1957, Wood pointed
out that 40 percent of the people
in the nation are employed in
the food business and its subsid-
iaries. Since 1950 the cost of
marketing food has risen faster
than spendable Income. Farmers
feel the pinch as they are not
institutionalized as is labor, he
explained, in ananion iniiationcien Ward during the year.
is quite real and credit is begin
ning to tighten through banks at
the national level and through
Federal Reserve board policies.
In a panel on conservation,
Jack Angel, president of the
Heppner chamber of commerce
stressed the importance of busi
nessmen to aid ranchers to de
veloping conservation on their
farms; Joe Stewart, superinten
dent of the Heppner schools,
stated that Oregon was a top
state in teaching conservation in
its school system and reported on
such classes in the Heppner sys
tem.
L, E. Tibbets, agricultural rep
resentative of the First National
bank, Portland, explained the
importance financiers place on
conservation of natural resour
ces and Alvin Wagenblast and
Kenneth Peck, ranchers winning
county and state awards as the
"grassman of the year" and "con.
servatlon man of the year", re
spectively, explained practices
on their farms. Tom Wilson,
soil conservation service, Hepp
ner, was moderator.
Other supervisors of the dis
trict are Raymond French, Ray
mond Lundell, John J. Wight
man and Don Peterson. Glen
Purnell, state soil conservation
executive secretary, spoke briefly
and congratulated district super
visors who work without pay to
spread conservation farming.
Included In the annual pro
gress report of the district was
strip cropping established on
3008 acres; conservation crop
rotations, 876 acres; contour
farming, 3261' acres; crop resi
due utilization, 3866 acres; im
proved water applications, 255
acres; brush control, 173 acres;
range improvement, 57,350 acres;
pasture planting, 45 acres; range
seeding, 180 acres: channel im
provements, 11,790 linear feet;
land leveling, 350 acres; diver
sion dams, 8; windbreak plant
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Weather Brings
Postponement of
Mother's March
The Mothers March of Polio,
scheduled to be held in Heppner
tonight (Thursday) by members
of the Heppner Civic League, has
been postponed until a later date,
it was announced Wednesday by
League officers.
It had been planned to hold
the final push to raise March of
Dimes funds tonight and at the
same time to conduct a survey
of the area as to the use of Salk
polio vaccine, but club officers
said the extremely cold weather
and snow covered streets served
to bring on the postponement.
The Mother's March will proba
bly be held sometime within the
next week or so, it was said,
whenever the weather is more
favorable.
Drive money is coming in
rapidly, Miss Joyce Buschke,
treasurer, reported Wednesday. A
total of $1,297.13 has been count
ed and there are still many com
munities in the county which
have not yet reported. lone has
sent in $131.11 to date; Lexington
$101.25 and $150.91 has been
turned in from the Heppner
school, Miss Buschke said. The
balance has come from mail
contributions to the fund recei
ved at the Heppner post office,
and from money turned in from
the coffee parties given as a
drive benefit. None of the do
nation banks placed In most
places in most business houses
have been collected yet, she said.
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Monument Man Top
Prixe Winner in
Porcupine Contest
First prize of a model 721
Remington 30-06 rifle went to
Stanley Musgrave of Monument
in the Morrow County Hunters
and Anglers annual porcupine
contest, it was revealed at the
club's meeting Tuesday night.
He turned in a total of 270 porky
noses.
Other winners, in the order of
their rank, were David Cox,
Heppner; Sidney Zinter, Jr., lone;
James Thompson; Len Ray
Schwarz, Heppner; Ruswell Crab-
tree, Monument; Dr. James No
rene, Heppner; Lionel Huston,
Heppner; and Clifford Green,
Heppner.
A total of 927 noses were turned
in during the contest and an ad-
ditional 323 were turned in by
Ward, however, was not eligible
because of his connection with
the game" commission. In addi
tion to the prizes, each nose
brought a bounty of seven cents
paid by Heppner Pine Mills.
New Officers Elected
Ralph Taylor was elected new
president of the club at the Tues
day meeting, replacing Ken
Keeling who has served for the
past year. Keeling wag ndmed
vice president and Vic Krei
meyer, secretary-treasurer.
Glen Ward discussed the sex
ratio studies on deer being made
by the game commission and
showed a Union Oil company
film on Wyoming fish and game
department work.
Damage Suit Opens
In Circuit Court
A suit for $25,000 general dam
ages and slightly over $400 spe
cial damages brought by Daisy
Weatherford of Condon against
Conley Lanham, Heppner, for
mer owner of the Western Auto
store here, opened Wednesday In
circuit court here. Judge William
W. Wells is hearing the case.
The suit came about as a result
of an alleged fall suffered by
Mrs. Weatherford in the store
several years ago. Edward York,
The Dalles attorney, is represent
ing Mrs. Weatherford and John
Kilkenny, Pendleton is defend
ing Lanham. The trial is ex
pected to last two days.
Heppner P-TA Plans
Annual Chili Supper
Plans are being made by the
Heppner P-TA to hold its annual
chili supper, It was announced
this week by committee mem
bers in charge. The supper will
be held February 9 proceeding
the Heppner-Ione basketball
game and will be served from 5
to 7:30 at the school cafeteria.