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Robert Abrams is
Appointed Morrow
District Attorney
Governor Robert D. Holms Fri
day appointed Robert Abrams,
Heppner attorney, as district at-
tarney for Morrow county. He
takes over the post from Brad
ley D. Fancher who had sub
mitted his resignation to Gover
nor Holmes.
Abrams came to Heppner last
month from Fossil where he had
served as Wheeler county district
attorney since 1953. He is asso
ciated with P W. Mahoney in the
practice of law.
The new district attorney Is a
graduate of Stanford University,
receiving his BA degree in 1948.
He entered the University of Ore
gon law school the following
year, graduating in 1952. He was
admitted to the bar that same
year. He practiced for one year
at St. Helens and Scappoose
before moving to Fossil.
Fancher, who has been district
attorney here since 1949, previ
ously had announced his plans
to resign from the position. He
plans to move his family to Bend
in the near future where he will
enter private business.
Bruce Lindsay Takes
Over as New Head
Of Wranglers Club
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the Morrow county Wrang
lers Tuesday night, Bruce Lind
say was appointed president and
Edna Fetsch named secretary.
Lindsay replaces Walter Wigles
worth of Echo, who was elected
president last December, but was
forced to decline the office.
. Lindsay named the following
committees to serve for 1957:
Ralph Beamer, special activities;
Charley Daly, flag races; J. W.
Norene, points system; Don
Evans, barrels and stakes; Al
Fetsch, public address system
and parades; Archie Munkers,
entertainment.
Ralph Beamer, Don Evans, Al
Fetsch and Jerry Dougherty were
appointed as a committee to
draft a tentative program for the
coming year.
A wildlife film was shown by
Glen Ward and refreshments of
donuts and coffee were served by
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kane and Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Lindsay.
Accepted for new membership
were Judy Bradford, Mr. and Mrs.
Lowell Gribble and family, Ber
nard Doherty and Hugh Gardner.
lone High School
Names Honor Students
The lone school this week re
vealed its honor roll students for
the recent grade period.
They are Mardine Baker, Anne
Belle Coleman, Sharon Cutsforth,
Sue Ekstrom, Phil Emert, David
Hatfield, Linda Heimbigner,
Kenneth Jones, Karen Lundell,
Grace McCabe, Leland McKinney,
Melvin Martin, Leann Padberg,
Alyce Rea, Judy Rea, Bill Salter,
and Dick Sherer.
On the hnnorable mention roll
are Ellis Ball, Bonnie Crum, Mary
Emert, John Howton, Loy Keene,
Paul Pettyjohn, Grant Rigby and
Billie Seehafer.
Lowell Gribble
Named County Heart
Fund Chairman
Lowell Gribble has been named
county Heart Fund chairman it
was revealed this week. He will
be assisted by Clifford Coleman,
treasurer and Mrs. Tom Wilson
as publicity chairman.
Mrs. Riley Munkers, president
of the Heppner American Legion
auxiliary, stated that her organi
zation will work in Heppner for
the fund on Heart Sunday, Feb
ruary 24.
A large proportion of the
funds raised in Morrow county
through the 1957 Heart Fund
will be used here to support the
research, education and com
munity service programs of the
Heart association. At least 50
percent of the portion turned over
to the American Heart associa
tion, the parent organization, is
automatically earmarked for re
search. IN PORTLAND HOSPITAL
Mrs. C. A. Ruggles is in St.
Vincent's hospital in Portland
where she underwent surgery
last Friday. She is expected to
be able to return home next
week.
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Mrs. John Pfeiffer left Sunday
by plane, for a visit In Seattle.
She expects to return the latter
part of the week.
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ROBERT ABRAMS. Heppner at
torney, Friday was appointed
Morrow county district attorney
by Governor Robert D. Holmes.
Soil District Names
Officers; Outlines
Plan For Year
New officers of the Heppner
Soil Conservation district elected
at a supervisor's meeting Tues
day night in the Bank building
are Raymond French, Heppner,
chairman; Don Peterson, lone,
vice chairman: Raymond Lun
dell, lone, treasurer and N. C.
Anderson, secretary.
A plan of operations for the
comine year outlined at the
meeting included programs for
conservation week, annual tour,
soil stewardship Sunday, farm
city week, Goodyear contest and
the Dublishlne of an illustrated
annual report for 1957 in addi
tion to regular district activities.
Others at the meeting were
John Wightman and Tom Wilson.
Chamber Members
Guests of School
Student Council
Chamber of commerce mem
bers were guests of the Heppner
high school student council Mon
day noon, eating lunch at the
school cafeteria and enjoying a
program put on by faculty mem
bers. Superintendent Joe Stewart
told the group of the continual
increase in the number of meals
the cafeteria is "serving each
year. The total has risen from
35,128 in 1950-51 to 47,486 during
the 1955-56 school year. Follow
ing the luncheon and program
members took a tour of the
buildings to inspect the new
kitchen and cafeteria, home eco
nomics departments and other
changes made in the schools dur
ing the past year.
Entertaining the group was a
quartet consisting of Stewart,
Gordon Pratt, Norman Peters and
Richard Willis. Peters also pre
sented two trombone solos.
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Youth Sunday Noted
At Christian Church
Thirteen youth of the Christian
church of Heppner assisted in the
worship service last Sunday in
observance of Youth Sunday.
Those heping were Bonnie Han-
na, Libby Van Schoiack, Gary
Jones, Gary Huit, Mickey Van
Schoiack, Sam Green, Bob Hare,
Sandra Jones, Fern Albert, Sha
ron Keithley, Marlene Griffith,
Alice Faye and Mary Jo Stewart.
Miss Loma Mae Jones, state
director of Christian education
for the Christian churches of Ore
gon, was guest speaker for the
youth service. Miss Jones also
conducted six teacher training
sessions for the Bible school
teachers Thursday through Sat
urday with 16 adults attending.
Following the Sunday morning
services the senior high class
went to the Stockard cabin In
the mountains for a picnic and
sledding.
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Film on Decorating
To Be Shown Here
A colored film on home deco
rating will be presented next
Monday and Tuesday nights at
7:30 at the Heppner high school
projection room, it was an
nounced today by Jack Loyd,
manager of the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company, sponsors of the
showing. There will be no ad
mission charge.
The film is put out by the
Boysen Paint company and of
fers many interesting home de
corating ideas, it was said. It
will also be shown to home eco
nomics classes at the -school on
both days and interested persons
may attend any of these show
ings if desired.
Heppner,
SMALL PUPPY'S LOYALTY TO MASTER
SAVES BOY FROM SERIOUS INJURY
The old saying that a dog is
man's (or boy's) best friend was
proven last week in Heppner. It
was also proven that the size of
the dog has no bearing on his
loyalty.
As the story goes . . . two small
boys were sledding on West Balti
more .street when they crashed
at the foot of the hill. A big dog,
thinking his young master was
being abused, proceeded to cor
rect the other boy. With blood
gushing from the second boy's
leg and hip, his own dog, Fntzie,
a four-month old puppy, made
a vicious attack on the big dog
only to be overpowered and
'Council Considers
Taking New Census
In Heppner
The possibility that a new cen
sus will be taken in Heppner
some time this year was discus
sed by the city council Monday
night at its regular monthly
meeting.
The cost of such a census
would have to be borne by the
city, but inasmuch as all funds
are allocated to cities on the basis
of census population figures, the
council agreed to check into the
cost of such a tally and to try
to determine if there has been
sufficient gain in recent years
to justify such expense. The
1950 census gives the city 1648
residents but some council mem
bers felt that the present figure
is closer to 1800 persons. It was
pointed out that approximately
100 new homes had been built
here since 1950 which would in
dicate a sizeable increase in
ppulation.
In other business the council
rejected the bid of $25 from Glen
W. Smith for the purchase of a
triangular parcel of land on Mor
gan street as being too low.
Building permits were issued
to Storro Bros, for the construc
tion of a $15,000 residence on
Alfalfa street and to Elva Ruhl
for the remodeling of a resi
dence on Church street to cost
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Ernest G. Parrish
Dies Friday at
Pendleton Hospital
Funeral services for Erne'st G.
Parrish, 49, were held Tuesday
afternoon in the Burns Mortuary
chapel in Pendleton with the Rev.
J. J. Friend of the Assembly of
God church officiating.
Mr. Parrish passed away Fri
day morning, February 1 at St.
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton.
He was born in Alberta, Canada
and came to Hermiston in 1918.
He attended grade and high
school there where he was a star
athlete and scholarship student.
He went to Pasadena, Calif, in
1927 for a short time then re
turned to Umatilla county. Early
in life he took an interest in
cooking and followed that work
most of his life. At the time of
his death he was operating Cal's
Tavern Cafe in Heppner.
He is survived by his wife
.Lucille F. Parrish, Heppner; two
sons Edward E. Parrish, U. S.
Marines; Henry L. Parrish, Fres
no, Calif.; and a step son Alvin
,Ayers, Heppner; five nieces and
nephews. He also leaves three
'brothers, Clarence Parrish, Pen
dleton; Raymond E. Parrish,
Farmington, Wash.; and Howard
A. Parrish of Portland.
1 Interment was in Olney ceme
tery at Pendleton.
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lone Town Hoop Team
D line I In 131 QC
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Win Over Air Base
The lone town basketball team
continued on its winning streak
last week by downing both
"Heppner and the Condon Air
Base teams, and in the latter
game may have set a scoring
record for this district.
The Townies had no trouble
trouncing Heppner 73 to 47 last
Wednesday and then on Mon
day night galloped to a 131 to 95
win over the Air Base boys. As
far as is known, this score is the
largest run up in this district, at
least in recent years.
In the Condon game Pryse
made 47 points for lone followed
by Brostrum with 22 and Ek
strom with 21.
Next Monday night at 8 p. m.
tlK lone squad will play one of
its-big games of the season when
they tangle with the Condon
Elks on the lone floor. Condon
represented the district in the
A. A. U. playoffs last year and at
the present time the two teams
are on the top rung In the lea
gue. The game is expected to be
one of the best of the season.
Oregon, Thursday, February 7, 1957
thoroughly whipped but never
theless, accomplishing his under
taking by detracting the big dog
from his young master.
There were no serious effects
from all the scuffle and accord
ing to reports boys and dogs are
still good friends.
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Odd Fellows To
Again Sponsor
UN Pilgrimage
The Heppner Odd Fellows
lodge has announced that it is
again sponsoring the United Na
tions Pilgrimage and that the
contest is open to all 16 and 17
year old sophomore or junior
high school students in Morrow
county. '
Entrance essays in , the local
contest must be completed by
March 30, it was announced. The
final contest to select the win
ner from this district will be held
in Pendleton on March 30. The
district winner will be chosen
from local winners in Umatilla
and Morrow counties.
The Pilgrimage, which has
been sponsored by Odd Fellows
lodges since 1950, gives the win
ners a trip to New York City with
a full week at the United Na
tions in which to observe its
varied activities.
Students wishing to enter the
contest may obtain full informa
tion from any high school ad
ministrator in the county or from
officers of the local I. O. O. F.
lodge.
March of Dimes
Total Below 1956
With still several communities,
especially those in the north end
of the county, still to be heard
from, the current March of Dimes
drive has collected $1,623,24, Miss
Joyce Buschke, treasurer, re
ported Wednesday.
A small amount of money is
still coming in locally, Miss
Buschke reported, but it appears
doubtful if even with the returns
still to come in if the drive will
quite equal last year when a
total of $2,175.50 was collected.
A complete tally is hoped for
by next week.
New Tire Store to
Op
en in Heppner
Ford's Tire Service of Pendle
ton will open a new retail store
in Heppner Friday, February 15,
it was announced today by
Wayne Snyder who will be the
manager of the new operation.
The firm is presently remodel
ing the building immediately
south of the Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op building on North
Main street and plans to start
moving in stock and equipment
early next wek. A complete line
of new tires and batteries will
be handled in addition to a re
capping service.
Snyder will move to Heppner
within a short time1 and will
bring his family here from Pen
dleton when school is out. He
has been serving this area from
the Pendleton store for the past
three years.
The firm is owned by Ford
Robertson and Ray Calvert and
Snyder will be a partner in the
Heppner store.
SEAMAN JERRY HAGUEWOOD.
son of Mrs. O. G. Haguewood of
Heppner, is a recent graduate
from the Navy radio school at
San Diego, Calif. He is now
stationed on the USS Cablldo
at Long Beach, Calif.
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Discussing changes in incomes and
costs on wheat farms over the state are (left to right) Manning
Becker, extension farm management specialist at Oregon State
college; William Enschede, farmer, Hillsboro; Jens Terjeson,
wheat grower, Pendleton; Kenneth Smouse, wheat grower, lone;
Bob Lorence, farmer, Monmouth; and Kenneth Friedley, wheat
grower, Wasco. The men have prepared a report which will be
given at the Oregon Wheat Industry conference to be held Febru
ary 19 and 20 in Portland.
Storm Market
Slows Sale Volume
HERMISTON Volume was
limited in the third straight
"storm market" in a row at the
Hermiston Livestock Commission
Co. sale Friday where 59 con
signors placed 159 cattle, 163
hogs and five sheep on the auc
tion block.
Plenty of buyers and a scar
city of livestock made for red
hot prices with baby calves, hei
fer calves, fed heifers, dairy cows,
canner-cutter cows, shells, utility
cows and bulls all showing
gains in the cattle division.
Prices on steer calves and feeder
steers were steady while stocker
steers and veal showed very
slight drops.
Fat hogs with a top of $19.60
cwt tailed off slightly from last
week's high of $20.20 cwt while
sows and weaner pigs recorded
good gains. Feeder pigs were
steady.
Sale manager Delbert Anson
announced that good stock cows
and an unlimited number of fat
heifers, fat cows and steer calves,
will be needed for next Friday's
sale. The market:
CATTLE Baby calves, 5 to 30
per head; steer calves, 18.30 to
19.30 cwt.; heifer calves, 15.40 to
17.30 cwt.; veal, 18.80 to 21.25
cwt.; stocker steers, 14.70 to 16.40
cwt.; feeder steers, 16.60 to 17.90
cwt.; fed heifers, 16.20 to 18.10
cwt.; dairy cows, 92 to 162.50 per
head; canner-cutter cows, 9.40 to
12.80 cwt.; shells, 7.10 to 8.30
cwt.; utility cows, 12.80 to 15
cwt.; and bulls, 14.20 to 15.60 cwt.
HOGS Weaner pigs, 8 to 11
per head; feeder pigs, 18.40 to
19.60 cwt.; fat hogs, 18.70 to
19.00 cwt.; and sows, 14 50 to
17.20 cwt.
SHEEP Five shorn lambs, 17
cwt.
Those earning top prices at the
market included August Strock
ner, Spray, 11 per head for two
weaner pigs; Monty Chamber
lin, Heppner, 19.60 cwt for six
feeder hogs of 565 pounds; Oscar
McCarty, Echo, 19.60 cwt for
seven fat hogs of 1480 pounds
and 18.10 cwt for 12 fed heifers,
of 9040 pounds; Tom Abel, Echo,
17.20 cwt for a 305-pound sow;
Harold Rankin, Hermiston, 15
cwt for an 1160-pound angus
cow; George Alvin, Dayton, 12.80
cwt for one ayrshire cow of 240
pounds; Orville Sherlock, Milton,
30 per head for a white face baby
calf; Willard Pall, Holdman,
17.30 cwt. for five white face
heifer calves of 2615 pounds;
Batie Rand, Umatilla, 162.50 per
pair for a holstein cow and calf;
T. H. Cosner, Irrigon, 15.60 cwt
for a 1610-pound holstein bull;
and C. F. Bergstrom, lone, 19.30
cwt. for seven white face steer
calves of 3610 pounds.
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January Moisture
Only 1.23 Inches
After 18 days of sub-freezing
weather, Morrow county has been
enjoying a gradual warming per
iod which has been classified as
"ideal" by nearly all residents.
The heavy snow layer has
been . gradually disappearing
from Heppner yet practically
none of the moisture has run off
into streams. The slow warm-up
allowed all the water to soak
into the ground, much to the
pleasure of ranchers who had
been complaining about the dry
fall and early winter.
Moisture still was not heavy
during the month however, de
spite the more than one foot of
snow to fall here Heppner wea
ther observer Leonard Gilliam,
reported a total of only 1.23
inches during January.
Local Men To Take
Part in Wheat
Conference Program
How big does a wheat ranch
have to be to give a farmer an
adequate living and a fair re
turn on his investment? That's
the question that has been ex
plored by a committee headed
by Oscar Peterson, lone wheat
rancher.
Peterson, chairman of the
operating unit committee prepar
ing a report for the coming Ore
gon Wheat Industry conference,
has been leading a study of how
size affects wheat farm invest
ment and production costs. For
nearly a year, his committee
has been investigating the vari
ous factors that determine the
number of acres necessary to sup.
port a family in the wheat-fallow
area.
Findings and recommendations
of the committee will be reported
at the wheat conference, sche
duled to be held February 19 and
20 in Portland.
The conference is being spon
sored by Oregon State college,
at the request of ''.the Oregon
Wheat Growers league. Seven
teen other committees are pre
paring reports covering all parts
of the wheat industry, and will
also present their findings at the
conference. There are a number
of Morrow county men in ad
dition to Peterson and Smouse
on the conference committees.
All meetings of the conference
will be open to the public, and
wheat growers are especially
urged to attend and take part in
conference discussions and de
cisions. The conference will be
held in the Multnomah hotel.
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Grand Jury Returns
Single Indictment
The Morrow county grand jury
last week reported out one secret
indictment and two not-true
bills. It was the first grand jury
to be called in over six months.
One of the not-true bills was
against Earl Denzil McKillop
who had been accused of shoot
ing the animal of another per
son. McKillop however, was taken
into justice court and fined $50
for shooting from a public road.
LEXINGTON EXTENSION
UNIT MEET CANCELLED
The Lexington home extension
unit will not meet in February,
it was announced today. Persons
wishing to attend a meeting on
herbs and other seasonings May
attend another unit but those
planning to do so are asked to
notify that unit. Time and
date of unit meetings will be
found in the February extension
bulletin.
HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
OF 1918-21 HOLD PORTLAND MEET
Proving that there are no
friends like old friends was a
group of former classmates and
friends of Heppner high school,
classes of 191819-20-21, who met
on Saturday evening, February 2,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. Harvey Miller in West Port
land. A no-host buffet dinner was
served and the evening was
spent in happy reminiscencs.
The guests of honor were Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Pattison of
Portland, Maine. This was Mrs.
Pattison's first visit to Oregon.
Co-hostess with Mrs. Miller
(Cyrene Lieuallen) was Mrs.
Rhea Luper (Odile Groshens).
Others present were Mrs. Ed
Vinton (Lorraine Groshens), Mrs.
Earl Gordon (Charlotte Hall),'
73rd Year, Number 48
Farm Bureau Board
Refuses Support of
Governor's Plans
The directors of the Morrow
County Farm Bureau Monday
voted against several recommen
dations offered by Governor Ro
bert Holmes in his inaugural ad
dress and some which are cur
rently being considered by the
legislature.
The board rejected the Gover
nor's proposal that the position
of lieutenant governor be estab-.
lished in state government. The
board felt that there was not
sufficient justification for the
added expense.
The group also refused to go
along with the governor's pro
posal to remove the surtax and
change the structure of the in
come tax law in the state. A
bill has already been introduced
in the legislature calling for the
repeal of the surtax and making
changes in the income tax law.
The main objection voiced by the
board, was that the proposed In
come tax law changes would
make it Impossible for the peo
ple to demand a referendum
vote on the law.
The group also rejected Gover
nor Holmes suggestion that the
legislature meet annually. The
opinion was expressed that such
annual meeting was unneces
sary and expensive and pointed
out that the legislature may now
be called into special session at
any time the governor feels such
a meeting is necessary.
The board met at the home of
Harold Beach at Lexington. The
regular monthly meeting of the
county Farm Bureau is set for
February 26 at lone. It will
start with a pot luck dinner.
Morrow High in
TB Seal Sales
Mrs. Jack Angel, Morrow county
seal sale chairman for the TB
and Health association, this week
received notification that to date
Morrow is second among Oregon
counties in Christmas seal sales
with an increase of 20 percent
for 1956.
Leader in the state was Gil
liam county with an increase of
44 percent.
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P-TA Program to
Feature Symposium
On Pupil Progress
A svmnosium rjrocram on
"Marking and reporting pupil
progress" will be a feature of
the Heppner P-TA meeting Wed
nesday night, February 13, it was
announced this week.
On the panel will be Mrs.
Blanche Boulden speaking on the
topic of the viewpoint of a teach
er, Mrs. Charles Huggett, as a
parent, and Clarence Johnson as
an administrator. The audience
will be expected to participate
in a discussion period by filling
out a questionnaire.
The P-TA will hold Its annual
chili supper Saturday, Feb. 9 at
the school cafeteria Immediately
preceeding the Heppner-Ione
basketball game.
Donald Heliker
Wins Hawaii Trip
Donald Heliker of lone was, in
formed this week that he has
won a trip to Hawaii for placing
second in the recently completed
state Farm Bureau membership
drive. v
Mr. and Mrs. Heliker will leave
on the trip February 16 and will
return February 26.
Miss Loye Devore, Mrs. Edythe
(Boyd) Burke, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Bailey (Eulalla Butler),
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Watkins, Mr.
and Mrs. Lou Cox (Audra Gro
gan), Dr. and Mrs. Edward Hur
gett (Mary Lindsay of lone), El
mer Peterson and Troy McGraw,
all now living in Portland.
From other localities were Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Gemmell (Harriet
Sheldon), Mr. and Mrs. George
Stephens (Pearl Hall) and Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Chidsey of
Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lieu
allen (Violet Hynd), Pendleton;
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hynd (Beth
Bleakman), Cecil; Henry Peter
son, lone; Mrs. Martha (Struck)
Brunquist, Parkdale; Mrs. Mar
garet (Doherty) Howard, Kent,
Wash, and Mrs. Eva (Whltting
ton) Steele, St. Helens.