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IRASY r o EIE, ORE. fSmes ppet Copies 10 Cents March of Dimes Fund Return Nears 1956 Figure March of Dimes money contin ued to roll in this week as more county communities reported in to drive treasurer Miss Joyce Buschke. The total now has reached $2,108.76 which is with in $50 of last year's figure, Miss Buschke said. Some reports have been re ceived from every area in the county with the exception of Irri gon, it was said, and with what is still expected, the drive is almost certain to exceed what collected last year. A complet breakdown of the amounts received from various communities is not yet available but several have told how they have made their money. Coffee hours have accounted for over $300 of the total, the treasurer reported. lone alone, raised $150.05 from that method. Also in lone committee members sponsored come-as-you-are par ties, movies and branding iron parties as benefits for the polio fund. So far the community of Cecil holds the record for the highest percapita return. Mrs. E. R. Sch aeffer and Mrs. F. M. McClintock, drive chairmen, relied on a cof fee hour, potluck dinner and a card party and a barber shop and beauty shop ideas to raise their money. They turned in $82.98. Coffees and numerous other ideas have been used in Heppner and other sections and all the many fund-raising suggestions will be outlined in detail by the local drive heads who have been asked to report their ideas to the state chapter for use in other counties. Morrow has al ways been one of the top coun ties in Oregon in the March of Dimes. County drive chairman is Bar ton C)ark. o Wheat Study Reports, Proposals Planned At Feb. 19-20 Meet What kind of government pro gram can solve problems facing the wheat industry today? That's the question put to a 20-man Oregon committee last April and, for nearly a year com mittee members have been strug gling through mountains of red tape and wheat surpluses in search of an answer. Findings and recommendations of the committee on government programs will be presented at the Oregon Wheat Industry con ference, February 19 and 20 in Portland. Seventeen other com mittees have studied other seg ments of the wheat industry and will also report at the conference. All conference meetings will be open to the public, with per sons interested in the wheat in dustry welcome to attend and take part in conference discussions. The conference will be held in the Multnomah hotel, with the first meeting set February 19 at 10 a. m. All parts of the wheat indus try, as well as representatives from Oregon State college and various government agencies, were represented on the govern ment programs committee. During their discussions, com mittee members struggled with problems such as these. Have government programs created rather than solved the wheat problem? Are export sub sidies necessary to keep wheat exports moving? Should the wheat at low prices, or a pro gram of abundant supplies of wkheat at low prices, or a pro gram of creating wheat short ages to force prices up? - Promoting use of wheat for livestock feed was also consider ed by the committee. Taking a look at the quantity of weat now shipped into Oregon, the com mittee investigated the possibil ity of encouraging an expanded livestock feeding program using wheat produced in the state. The conference is being spon sored by the Oregon State college school of agriculture, in cooper ation with the Oregon Wheat rommission. Oregon Wheat lea gue, and representatives of the wheat industry. o Mrs. Lena Twitchell Dies At Los Angeles Word was received today of the death in Los Angeles, Calif., of Mrs. Lena Twitchell on Wednes day. She is a former resident of Heppner and is a daugnter oi Rpn Ruschke. Services will be held Saturday in Los Angeles. F . . i RICHARD BRUNNER. J. C. Pen ney Co. manager here, who has teen transferred to Baker store. Heppner J. C. Penney Manager Transferred To Baker Store Richard Brunner, manager of the Heppner J. C. Penney Com pany store, will leave late next week to assume management of the company's store in Baker, Oregon. He takes over his new store February 25. Brunner came here in Novem ber 1955 from Aberdeen, Wash ington. Previously he had worked In Penney stores in the Seattle area. During his stay in Hepp ner he has been quite active in chamber of commerce work and last year headed the chamber's merchants committee. New manager for the Hepp ner store will be Keith Imus, who will come here from the Univer sity store in Seattle where he has been assistant manager. He is married and has two children. Brunner will move his family to Baker as soon as living quar ters can be found, he announced. AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE SUBJECT OF CC TALK Automobile insurance policies and rates were the subject of a program at the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday noon. The talk was given by LaVerne Van Mar ter, local insurance agent. He explained the various types of coverage available and told why rates varied in different areas of the state. District Legion Meet To Be At The Dalles A meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary members of district Nos. 5 and 6 will be held Sunday, February 17 at The Dalles. Department members of both groups will attend. The meeting will open with a potluck dinner at 1:00 p. m., followed by the business session. The members of this post and unit are requested to bring salad or dessert. o HAVE NEW SON Mr. and Mrs. David Myatt of Coquille are the parents of a 6 lb. 8 oz. boy born February 3. He has been named Jonathan David. Mr. and Mrs. William Duran of Hepp ner and Mrs. Josie Myatt of Co quille are the grandparents. GOVERNOR ROBERT D. HOLMES i mm i 1 i wi Pi i (-( ) v t '' I ft U h IJL " y- , designating Feb. 10-16 as Advertising Week. Looking on Is Don Ostensoe, president of the Oregon Advertising Club. Governor Holmes stated "We in Oregon are proud to Join the nation-wide observance of Advertising Week, honoring the advertising Indus try for its' vital contribution to our prosperity and high standard of living. In our state, as in all one." Heppner, Mrs. Mary Hirl Dies At Hermiston Home; Services Set Friday Mrs. Mary Hirl, a resident of Heppner and Morrow county tor many years, died Tuesday at her home in Hermiston. " She was 88 years of age. Mrs. Hirl was born in Carndonah, Ireland and came to Morrow county in 1900 where she lived on a ranch in the Lena area be fore moving to Heppner. She moved to Hermiston in 1949. Services will be held Friday at 10 a. m. at Our Lady of Angels church in Hermiston with the Rev. Leopold O'Riordan officiat ing. Interment will be in the Hermiston cemetery. She is survived by her hus band, Phil Hirl, Hermiston; two sons, William Ruddy, Pendleton; and Charlie Hirl, Hermiston; daughters Susie Ruddy Hirl, Pen dleton and Mrs. Rose Frances of Heppner; seven grandchild ren and nine great-grandchildren. Heppner Pine Crew Starts Work Heppner Pine Mills started operations last Thursday night after a winter shutdown of about six weeks. A full two shifts are now at work at the mill and manager Paul Kpenig said Wed nesday the planer crews will go to work next Monday. The mill was closed December 23 but the planer continued to operate until January 18. Log ging operations were carried on throughout the shutdown until weather conditions closed the woods operation on February I. It is planned to start logging again about May 1 or sooner if conditions permit. o School Board Sets Budget Hearing The Heppner school board Tuesday night discussed the district's preliminary budget for the coming year and set the bud get committee hearing for 8 p. m. Monday, February 18. Fol lowing the committee's approval, the budget will be submitted to the rural school board for con sideration and will then be pub lished. The board discussed its sum mer maintainenee program and made arrangements to reroof the high school building as part of this year's plan. The board also discussed its policy concerning the use of class funds and heard a report on legislative bills. The board reconsidered its rental policy on the buildings, but declined to make any changes in the present schedule. It gave permission to the kin dergarten board to install a wash basin in the kindergarten room. Contracts were extended to the superintendent and principals for the coming year and teacher's contracts will be considered at the next regular meeting. sians the official proclamation states, advertising Deneius eyery Oregon, Thursday, February 14, 1957 lone Man Killed In Car Accident Near Hermiston Charles Orville Aldrich, 23 of lone died at the Good Shepherd hospital in Hermiston about 1:30 p. m. Friday following an auto accident at Vicker's corners about three miles from Hermis ton. The car which he was driv ing hit a guard rail head on, the rail piercing the car and driver then breaking off. The car land ed in an irrigation ditch. Ralph Piper and Robert Stew art, both of lone were with Aid rich in the car. Piper had several stitches taken in his lace and Stewart suffered bumps and bruises. The accident happened about 10 p. m. as the three were returning to lone from Hermis ton. Services were held tor Charles Orville Aldrich Monday, Febru ary 11 at the Church of the Naza rene with the Rev. Charles Wilkes officiating. Robert Wood rroof was vocalist with Bonnie Crum accompanying.'', Pall bear ers were Robert Crowell, James Barnett, Robert DeSpain, Howard Crowell, Roger Kincald and El don Tucker. The lone American Legion post conducted graveside rites at the lone cemetery. Burns Mortuary was in charge of ar rangements. Charles was born December 1, 1933 at Boy River, Minn. He is survived by his mother, Sarah Monetta Aldrich of lone, and two brothers, Stuert of Seat tle and Clifford of lone. He served in the armed forces, o Disabled Veterans Tax Exemption Deadline April 1 Disabled war veterans and war widows must apply by April 1 for their state property tax ex emptions, the Oregon Depart ment of Veterans' Affairs warned today. The exemption, for those en titled, amounts to $00 of the true cash value of the property, according to Vere A. McCarty, manager of the service division of the state veterans' depart ment. Application is filed with the county assessor. Entitled to the tax exemption on their real or personal property are the fol lowing: 1. All veterans of the Indian, Mexican or Spanish-American wars, regardless of disability or amount of income. 2. Veterans of all other wars who have disabilities of 40 per cent or more as certified by the Veterans Administration or a branch of the Armed Forces, re gardless of income. 3. Unremarried widows of veterans of any war, regardless of income. Pensioned widows of Civil and Spanish war veterans get an extra $500 exemption. War veterans with disabilities of 40 percent or more as certified by their physician and the county health officer also may get the exemption, provided they have not received more than $2500 total gross income in the-past calendar year. The exemption applies first to the applicant's homestead that is, the property he owns and on which he resides. After that, it applies to his personal property. Further information is avail able from county assessors. County Savings Bond Sales Show Large Gain in January A report just received from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco by Jack Bedford, chair man of the Morrow county Sav ings Bonds committee, shows that sales of Treasury depart ment E and H bonds in the county last month were $79,909, an increase of more than $57,000 over January 1956. "The monthly sales report in dicates that Oregon people put a lot of money into Savings Bonds in January", said Bedford. "Their total purchases of E and H Bonds last month were $1,338,161, up ten per cent compared to January 1956. It was an exceptionally good month in this state." o- Lexington Graduate Pledges at U of O UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu gene, tspeciau lniny-seven 'men have been pledged by 15 fraternities on the campus dur , ing the winter term open rushing here. Pledged during this time hv Kanna !ia fraternitv was. j Donald D. Casteel, brother ofinesday. A local consignor will (Mrs. B. J. Doherty of Heppner. be Frank Anderson. SPEARFISHING EXPERT, Howard Patton, above, last year was named National Underwater Spearfishing athlete cf the year. He is a former Heppner high school graduate who is pictured above with some of the many trophies he has won in recent years. See story below. FORMER HEPPNER MAN GETS NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS SPEARFISHERMAN A former Heppner man who now lives In Anaheim, Calif, last year won national recognition for his prowess in the art and sport of skindiving and spear fishing. His collection of tro phies, shown in the above pic ture, gives indication of his abilities in this fast growing sport of warm-water areas. He is Howard Patton, step-son of Ben Cox and brother of Mrs. Richard Borman of Heppner. He went all through school here, graduating from Heppner high in 1939. Patton has only been inter ested in his pet hobby for a little over four years but in that short time has become one of the best known spearfisherman in South ern California. According to a detailed story about him appear ing recently in a column in his home town paper, he joined the Long Beach tridents, a spear fishing club, in 1953 and by 1955 was a member of a three-man team which captured top prize in the Inter-America Spearfish ing tournament held at Guymas, Mexico. The team will defend its Two County Girls Win Citizenship Honor Roll Awards Paula Barak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barak, Lexington, and Janice Driscoll, ilaughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Driscoll, of Heppner, won the distinction of placing on the honor roll for good citizenship at St. Paul's School for Girls in Walla Walla, according to announcement by Miss Redwig Zorb, headmistress. The citizenship awards are made by vote of the student coun. cil each semester. The council, which is made up of representa tives of all the classes in the school, is the governing body of the girls' student organization. Student government has been in successful operation at St. Paul's for a number of years. o Scouts Get Awards At Court of Honor Two local boys received awards Tuesday night at a Boy Scout court of honor held at Condon. Tom Glass was awarded two merit badges and Jimmy Farra received his second class badge. Both are members of Heppner troop No. 86. SPRAY MAN DIES HERE Ralph Reed, a resident of the Spray area, died Monday at the Pioneer Memorial hospital. Mr. Reed was quite well known here but no Information is avail able concerning his death. It is understood that funeral arrange ments were made through a John Day funeral homo. Kirk-Robinson Bulls Bring Good Price At California Sale Mr. and Mrs. Donald O. Robin son of the Kirk and Robinson ranch returned Sunday from Red Bluffs, Calif, where they attended the annual bull sale held in that California city. They took a con signment of four head which brought the second high average in the polled sale. Their two sons, Kirk and Kyle, stayed at the home of ther grand, parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Kirk of Hermiston while their parents attended the sale. HEREFORD SALE SET FEB. 21 AT PENDLETON A sale of interest to stock raisers of this area will be the annual Oregon Hereford Breeders Association blue tag sale to be held February 21 at penaieton The show will be held on Wea- ft fin v ffl championship next May in an A. A. U. sponsored tourney at Havana, Cuba. The team won the Southern Pacific champion ship in 195G and placed second in the Pacific Coast champion ships held last year. Patton was named champion of the year other individual contestants in their own meets and the only team to defeat them went on to take the national title. Patton, however, was named three times by all selectors as the national underwater spear fishing athlete of the year in 1956 a real record for someone who has practiced his hobby for such a short time. He was also awarded the Helms Foundation award last December in Hollywood. Patton, who is a tool designer as well as a water dog, has cased practically the entire Cali fornia coastline from Santa Bar bara to San Diego as well as Catalina and many other islands. He can relate many interesting tales of sites seen under water as well as unusual experiences. Immunization Clinic Slated Another immunization clinic will be held Friday afternoon, February 15 from 1 to 3 p. m. at the Morrow county health de partment office in Pioneer Me morial hospital, it was announ ced today. Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county health officer, will be in charge of the clinic. In addition to other vaccines available, it was revealed that free polio vaccine will be given to all persons under 20 years of age who desire it. o Personal Property Statements Due Soon County assessor Harry Dinges this week reminded taxpayers that personal property statements must be filed with his office by March 2. Failure to file by the deadline will cost the taxpayer a 5 percent assessment penalty, Dinges said. o State Pedestrian Deaths Drop in '56 A 23 percent decrease in pe destrian deaths in Oregon last year was reported today by the Oregon Traffic Safety Commis sion. The decrease reflects a con tinuing trend in pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents. The pe destrian death toll last year was 51. In 1955, it was 66; in 1954, 74; in 1953, 76; and In 1952, 88. January and October, each with seven deaths, were the worst months of the year for Oregon pedestrians. December and July each recorded six deaths. The Commission credited bet ter pedestrian traffic controls, a development of recent years, plus comprehensive public education programs for traffic safety for the continuing improvement. Oregon received a second place award for its pedestrian protec tion program in 1955. The award was made by the American Auto mobile Association. o LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion Auxil iary will have a regular meeting Tuesday evening, February 19 at 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Harold Conn, with Mrs. James J. Farley as co-hostess. o Jack Bedford, Robert Ferrell and Bud Wagoner drove to The Dalles Tuesday where they at tended a dinner meeting of the I. C. L. officers of The First Na tional Bank. 73rd Year, Number 49 lone Masons Plan Second Blood Typing Program The lone Masonic lodge will again sponsor a free blood typ ing program it was announced this week by James Barnett and Walter Dobyns, committee mem bers in charge of the work. The typing will be held at the lone Masonic hall on Thursday evening, February 28 starting at 7 p. m. and the service will be available without charge to any one wishing to have their blood typed. Each person will be pro vided with a card showing his blood type and the list will also serve as a walking blood bank for use in emergency at Pioneer Memorial hospital. A laboratory technician has been obtained to aid the local committee with the typing program. Last year the lodge onered tne same service and response was so great that it was necessary to reschedule the typing and com plete the work a second night. o Honor Society Names New Members; Banquet Set Feb. 20 The Honor Society of Heppner high school this week chose 10 new members and announced plans for its annual initiation and banquet to be held Wednes day, February 20. Chosen as new members were Joann Brosnan, Peggy Applegate, Helen Graham, Thyllis Quack- enbush, Judie Spaulding, Tom Currln, Jim Morris, and Len Ray Schwarz, all juniors; and Fran ces Slocum and Marilyn Petty john, seniors. The organization will have a formal banquet at 6:30 February 20 and hold a public initiation for the new members at 8 p. m. in the multipurpose room of the grade school. Banquet speaker will be Jack Angel, Pioneer Me morial hospital administrator, and entertainment will be furni shed by Gordon Pratt, club spon sor. It was also announced that the society will hold a cake and coffee sale during the Heppner Echo game to be played here Feb. 16. Proceeds will go Into the banquet fund. Lexington Grange Hears New Reports On Legislation The Lexington Grange met Sat urday evening following a pot luck dinner and heart reports from several committees which have been active during recent weeks. During the session Mrs. Ella Burgoyne was installed as Grand chaplain and Mrs. Walter Ruggles as Flora. Earl Evans of the agriculture committee reported that Morrow county Is clean as a result of the brucellosis testing program and Kenneth Smouse announced the Wheat Industry conference to be held in Portland Feb. 19 and 20. O. W. Cutsforth reported on the herd law (or fence law, as it is called in the legislature) and on action which has been taken by other county organi zations on pending legislation. The Grange was given a mar ble statue of the Three Graces by the O. W. Cutsforths which they obtained in Greece during their round-the-world trip last year. It will be mounted in the hall. Millie Evans announced the home economics committee would meet at her home Feb. 21. The program conducted by Mrs. Cutsforth included a history of the flag; a talk by Gar Leyva on Information gained at the UbC school on fertilizers and sprays; a living Valentine tableau by Mr. and Mrs Burton Peck with an accompanying reading by Mrs. Alvln Wagenblast, and a reading, The American Way, by Millie Evans. The dinner committee includ ed Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ruggles, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beach. Volby Lutherans To Have Annual Meeting The Valby Lutheran church will hold its annual meting Sun day, February 17 with services at 11.15 a. m., followed by a pot luck dinner. Dr. S. L. Swenson, president of the Columbia con ference of the Augustana church will be the guest speaker. All members are urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bedford re turned today after a business trip to The Dalles and Portland.