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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.