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L I BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 28, 1957 73rd Year, Number 51 Morrow Red Cross Drive Opens March 1 Friday, March 1 will mark the opening of the annual Red Cross fund drive in Morrow county and a goal of $2,825 has been set for this year it was announced today by Frank Turner, Heppner drive chairman. The campaign will last through March. Turner said the figure repre sents a small increase over the 1956 quota but pointed out that 61.63 percent of the amount raised will remain with the local 100th Birthday Celebrated by Ex-Heppner Woman (From The Oregonian) A tiny woman who remem bers the "terrible" assassination of Abraham Lincoln observed her 100th birthday Tuesday in the Masonic and Eastern Star home at Forest Grove. She is Mrs. Rebecca Ellen Pat terson, widow of a pioneer Hepp ner druggist. There was no party because Mrs. Patterson has become too deaf to enjoy social gatherings, but she had a special visitor her great, great-grandniece and namesake, 4-year-old Rebecca Ellen Collins of Portland. With Rebecca was her mother, Mrs. James J. Collins Jr., 2216 N. E. 43d, Portland. Family Moves West Mrs. Patterson was born Feb ruary 26, 1857, in Wisconsin and moved to Pennsylvania when she was about two. At 16, she mar ried John Patterson, and a year later their only child was born. In the late 1800s they moved to Heppner. They were among the few survivors of the Hepp ner flood of June 14, 1903. They lost all their possessions in the disaster. Mrs. Patterson is one of two surviving charter members of Ruth chapter of tKe Order of Eastern Star at Heppner. She also was active in the Christian church. Mrs. Patterson's husband died in 1927 and her son died when he was about 70. Her closest surviving relative is a niece, Mrs. A. A. AmOrt of McMinnville, for whom she was guardian. Two Hobbies Dropped The petite centenarian, who is less than five feet tall, has been at the Masonic home since 1941. For the past ten years she has been bedridden. She has given up the needlework and painting she liked so well, but still is able to read without glasses. Highlights of her birthday was presentation of a cake, which she shared with other residents of the home. And her biggest gift, from her nieces, nephews and grand nieces and grand nephew, will be fresh flowers each week for the rest of her life. o Two lone Students On Honor Roll at Pacific University Two lone students at Pacific University were placed on the honor roll last semester for at taining a scholastic average of 3.00 or above. The two are Janet Howton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Howton, who is majoring in phy sical education; and Duane Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker. He is a junior in mathe matics and has been one of the outstandig halfbacks on the Pacific Badger football team. BAKER BOY SCOUTS drum and bugle eorp entertained during the Heppner Elks 60th Anniversary celebration last Saturday. The group is sponsored by he Baker Elks lodge, whose officers put on the initiation work during the AnnuaL Here the corps is shown marching on Heppner's chapter to be used for first aid training, water safety, home nurse training, civilian and vet eran's programs, the junior Red Cross and blood program. A sizeable part of the past year's money has gone for the blood program and the veteran's pro gram that is carried on through the veteran's hospital at Walla Walla. This year it is also planned to endeavor to train someone in small craft safety and to give Red Cross training to a lifeguard for the lone swimming pool. Local Red Cross officials point ed out that the 38.37 percent of all moneys raised which ges to the National Red Cross is used largely for relief wherever it is needed. A local chapter blood drive is planned sometime In May, it was announced. Morrow county Red Cross chapter officers are Mrs. Orville Cutsforth president, and Mrs. Verner Troedson, lone, secretary treasurer. o Ground Observer Need Explained Ground observer corps are necessary and important in our national defense since radar still has its limitations in spotting planes and radar may be Jam med by the enemy, Air Force Sgt. Robert Coleman, G. O. C. sector sergeant for Umatilla and Mor row counties, explained In a ground observer class in the grade school multi-purpose room Monday night. Fifteen attended. With increased jet mileage speeds Russia is now only two hours from Seattle from its near est base 1800 miles away In Si beria, Coleman pointed out. In addition, jet streams from Rus sian planes have been discovered around the West coast, gulf stream and across the Eastern states and back to Russia. Wings for members of. the Heppner corps which started operations in January were pre sented by Sgt. Coleman to Mrs. Ray Smith, supervisor; Mrs. L. L. Robbins, chief observer and to Mrs. Norman Peters, Mrs. Riley Munkers, Mrs. William Heath, Mrs. Merlin Wagoner and Mrs. N. C. Anderson for 25 hours of skywatching. Refreshments were served after the meeting by Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Munkers and Mrs. Robbins. Heppner Cafe Sold To Burns Couple Moyer's Cafe, owned and oper ated for the past two years by Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Moyer, has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Sang Chinn, formerly of Burns. The Chinns will take over operation of the restaurant Friday. The Chinns came to Heppner from Burns where they have operated a cafe for the past two years. They will feature both American and Chinese foods and plan to offer seven-day service. It will be called Chinn's Cafe. o Personal Property Tax Deadline Near County assessor Harry Dinges again reminded taxpayers that they have only until Saturday to file their personal property re turns and save a penalty assess ment of five percent. The March 2 deadline is set by law. Dinges said his office in the court house will be open all day Saturday to accommodate last minute filings. sncw-coverea aowniown sireeis. (GT Photo) t rifr if ... ,Uh. .il MISS MARILYN BRADSHAW. IFYE delegate to Scotland, will speak to several county groups next week. IFYE Delegate to Scotland To Be in County Next Week Miss Marilyn Bradshaw of Al bany, International Farm Youth Exchange delegate to Scotland, who returned to this country last November will be in Morrow county for four days early in March to tell of her experiences. She will speak before numerous organizations and meetings while here. Miss Bradshaw, who is a sister of Miss Beverly Bradshaw, Mor row county home demonstration agent, left last June for Scot land, immediately after her graduation from Oregon State college. During her stay she lived with several different fam ilies where she helped in the fields, worked in the kitchen and made trips through the Scottish countryside. Miss Bradshaw was chairman of the Linn county IFYE commit tee during 1952 and 1953. She is a 10 year 4-H club member and represented Oregon at the Nati onal 4-II conference in 1952. At OSC she was active in music and journalism groups, was editor qf the college yearbook and a re porter on the paper. During her stay here she will speak, to4he following groups and if others wish to schedule her to talk from March 4 to 7, they are asked to contact the county agent's office. March 4, noon, chamber of commerce; 2 p. m. Lexington school; 8 p. m. Heppner Mother's club. March 5, 9 a. m. lone school; 12:30, Irrigon school; 2:30 p. m. Boardman school. March 6, 9:45 a. m., Heppner school; 6:30 p. m., Eastern Ore gon leaders workshop banquet. March 7, noon, Soroptimist club; 8 p. m. Echo P-TA. o Campfire Girls Plan Candy Sale The Campfire and Bluebird groups of Heppner will hold their annual candy sale beginning March 9, it has been announced. All groups in Heppner will par ticipate. The town has been divided into sections so that householders will be solicited only once. Tables will also be set up downtown in front of the post office and Humphreys Drug Co. ' The candy to be sold will be Russell Stover chocolates and no other candy will be carried by the girls. This popular candy is the same as is being sold by Campfire groups in Umatilla county. Money from the sale will be divided among partici- pting groups and pays for the Campfire and Bluebird activity throughout the year. The candy sells for $1.00 a box. Girls will wear an identifying article of clothing so that the householders will know they are purchasing from a Campfire girl, ATTAINS PERFECT GRADES AT U OF PORTLAND Among only 20 students at the University of Portland to make a perfect grade point aver age of 4.C0 during the fall se mester, was Larry Lindsay. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lindsay of Lexington. INITIATED INTO HONORARY Miss Nancy Anderson, a fresh man at Eastein Oregon College, was recently initiated into Al pha Pi Epsilon, an honorary so ciety whose pledges are chosen on scholarship, character and personality She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Anderson. o A weekend guest at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Blakney was Mrs. Doris Lehman of Seattle. Minimum Farm Wage Bill Opposed By Farm Bureau The Morrow county Farm Bu reau will actively oppose a cur rent legislative measure which would set a minimum wage for agric ultural workers, i it was de cided at the February meeting of the Bureau held Tuesday night at the lone Grange hall. A bill has been introduced at the legislature which would set a minimum of $1.00 per hour for all farm workers. The Bureau also went on re cor.l as opposing senate bill 131 pertaining to licensed engineers for steam boilers, and recom mended that the farmer license plate law remain as liberal as possible. . The group also favored a motion recommending fencing bill 411 which leaves the law substantially as it now reads. Gene Cutsforth gave a report on a state tax meeting held in Salem Feb. 25 and told of the numerous tax bills which are now in the works. Bureau president, Harold Beach urged all members to keep advised of the measures being" considered in the legis lature and to drop his senator and representative a card or let ter giving his opinion on such bills. Mrs. Ada Sacrison, Tilot Rock state Farm Bureau women's chairman, reported on her trip to the national Farm Bureau con vention at Miami and told of the women's meeting there. The wo men's project in the Bureau for this year is better public rela tions. The meeting opened with a potluck dinner which was served under the direction of Mrs. Her man Blettell, Mrs. Art Crawford, Mrs. David Baker, Mrs. Cecil Thome and Mrs. Don Heliker. The next meeting will be held March 26 at the Bill Barratt home when Don Heliker will show pictures of his recent trip to Ha waii. Eastern Oregon 4-H Leaders Meet Here March' 6-7 Morrow county 4-H club lead ers will be hosts March 6 and 7 to the annual Eastern Oregon 4-H leaders workshop to be held for the first time in Heppner. Leaders from all Eastern Ore gon counties will be in attend ance. The program will start on Wed nesday with registration at 11 a. m. to be followed by discus sion groups in the afternoon. The Sears-Roebuck Foundation will be host for a banquet at the fair pavilion that evening with a pro gram and recreation planned. Wednesday . afternoon's pro gram will be held at the Metho dist church with the March 7 program slated at the fair pa vilion. During the day and one half workshop training in such things as planning the club pro gram, ideas for club meetings, the junior leadership program, 4-H record keeping, demonstra tions and judging will be discus sed in subject matter groups. About 75 leaders and 4-H agents are expected to attend. The workshop is being held dur ing national 4-H club week, March 2 through 9. o ATTEND WHEAT CONFERENCE Those from this section of the county who attended the Wheat Industry conference in Portland were Mr. and Mrs. John Graves, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Peck, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Anderson, Kenneth Smouse, Burton Peck, Oscar Pet erson, J. O. Turner and Kenneth Turner. EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will bo on duty in Heppner Tuesday, March 12 at the court house be tween 9:30 a. m. and 3:30 p. rn. the department of motor vehicles announces. PARENTS OF DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. John Clerf of Kit titas, Washington, are the par ents of a daughter, Peggy Jeane, born January 29. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Schaeffer of Cecil and Mr. and Mrs. John Clerf of Kittitas, are the grandparents. o Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney spent the first of the week In Salem. Chinook Winds Clear Area Of Snow; No Flooding Here Morrow county got its first taste of spring last weekend and though it came with a rush fol lowing a week of heavy snow, the sudden melting caused no washing or flooding. It was an entirely different story, however, in other parts of Eastern Oregon where the warm chinook winds and accompanying rains caused heavy property damage and live stock loss. t , ' , " , . w i t' , . . t . - A j . . -. . . " v " tv&i4 SNOWEANK Last Friday the City of Heppner resorted to the use of a state highway department snowplow to move the city's heavy layer of snow out of the gutters and into the center of Main street. The heavy piles of snow along the curbs had mired down most cars who tried to park in usual spot3. Warm chinook winds the following day soon removed the last traces of the street-center snowpile. The temperature was still about 20 degrees when pic ture was taken. (GT Photo) CHAMBER OPPOSES SATURDAY BANK CLOSING, STATE PROPERTY TAX The Heppner-Morrow county chamber of commerce Monday voted to take a definite stand on two measures currently being considered by the legislature and ordered its secretary to ad vise local senators and repre sentatives of its position. The membership voted unani mously to oppose a bill which has been introduced that would prohibit Saturday banking In the state. Discussion centered around the need for such service here and the adverse effect businesses in town would feel should banks not be allowed to do business on Saturday The chamber also voted to ad vise legislators that it favored the bill (which passed the senate Tuesday) which would remove William M. Kirk, Former Heppnerite, Dies at Bellingham William M. Kirk, 60, passed away February 22 at his home in Bellingham, Washington where he had lived for the past 28 vears. Services were held Feb. 25 at Eollingham by the Rev, James B. Hughes and officers of the American Legion. Burial was in Greenacres Memorial park there. j Mr. Kirk was born in Heppner and lived here until moving to the Washington city. He was a veteran of World War I, a mem ber of the Albert J. Hamilton post No. 7 of the American Legion; had been a heavy equipment opera tor for Whatcom county. Surviving relatives are his widow Bertha (Cason); two daughters, Mrs. Viola M. Huber, Bellingham and Mrs. June M. Hartzell, Tacoma; one grandson, Kenneth Calvin, Bellingham; one sister, Mrs. Millie O'Rouke, La Grande and two half-sisters, Mrs. Anna Steward, Wolf Creek, Ore gon, and Mrs. Pearl Emerson, Newburg, Oregon Those from Heppner attending, the services were Mr. and Mrs. Faye Frock, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Prock and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Elder. o MRS. SMOUSE RETURNS n c W i-e Anna ( Cmn to rati 1 mon last week from Rochester, Minne-1 The Elks Leadership Awards sola where she visited her daugh- re made to outstanding student tor and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs., leaders. Both Meredith and Jay Richard Baker. She was there have been extremely active n to welcome her new granddaugh- Heppner high school and also in ter, Deborah Kristine, born on' immunity projects. At the pre January 4. sent ,ime Meredit, is the edltor amona ihoe from Pendleton here to attend the Elks Annual on Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Joseoh B. Green. Mrs. Avis Walker of Seattle spent last weekend in Heppner visiting at the home of her daugh. ter, Mrs. Jean Mallory. Last Friday snow was piled to a depth of about eight inches in Heppner and state snowplows were pressed into use to plow the heavy layer to the center of Main street so cars could use curb parking spaces. Late Saturday the warm chinook struck and by Sunday morning only traces of snow remained. Fortunately in all areas except the hkjher elevations in the the state from the property tax field, and urged them to vote for passage of the measure. Discus sion on the need for property tax relief was predominent and fear was expressed that unless such a measure was passed, there was a chance that the state would revert to a property tax assessment to raise needed money. KEITH IMUS, new manager of the Heppner J. C. Penney store. He took over last week from Dick Brunner, who was trans ferred to Baker. Imus came here from Seattle. (GT Photo) Two HHS Students Given Elks Awards Meredith Thomson and Jay Sumner were recently announced as first and second respectively in the Morrow County Elks Lea dership Award. Miss Thompson received a $50 savings bond and Jay Sumner a $25 bond. The awards were made at the Elks annual, but both winners were in Seattle attending the Pacific Slope press conference as dele gates from the school paper and the annual. Credentials for both students are being judged at Ontario in 'the district contest. The results !of district judging will be an- jnounced in the near future and 'state judging will be completed about March 15. i I of Hehisc.h. This paper has 1 earned both regional and nation- 'al recognition for its excellence, Jay is editor of the yearbook, I "Mustang" which also ranks I high in national Judging. Meredith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomson, 'Jay is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sumner. I , j r ' r 1 l . J M 1 f county the ground was not frozen and the water from the rapid snow melt soaked into the ground. Willow creek raised only slightly Monday and Tues day and Rhea and Butter creeks, though higher than Willow, were far from being at flood stage. Only a light rain accompanied the chinook. While the snow water in this area was soaking into the ground, other sections of Eastern Oregon, particularly Baker, Vale and On tario felt the brunt of genuine floods as the chinook in those areas brought heavy rains. Heppner weather recorder Leonard Gilliam reported that last snowfall late last week brought .45 inch of moisture. Gentle rains since that time have added another .15 inch to bring February's total as of Wednesday to 1.13 inches. The 10 year average for February is 1.03 inches and the February 1956 rainfall was only .57 inch. During the first two months of this year Heppner has received 2.16 inches of moisture. Last week, before the warmup came, temperatures aroppea xo 2 degrees above zero, but it is not thought there was any crop damage as the low readings were preceeded by a fairly heavy snowfall which gave ample pro tection. Maximum and minimum tem peratures at the Heppner weather station during the past week were: Max Min. Friday 25 18 Saturday 30 20 Sunday 61 21 Monday 63 45 Tuesday 57 47 Wednesday 64 37 o Heppner Students Attend High School Press Conference Student delegates to' the Paci fic Slope Press Conference re turned Sunday evening, Febru ary 24, from four interest-filled days of travel and conference study. Representing the Heppner high school were Meredith Thomson, Jay Sumner, Mary Jo Stewart, Phyllis Quackenbush, Helen Gra ham, Judle Spauldlng, Janice Beamer and Jim Morris. These students, Hehisch adviser, Mar garet Kirk, Mrs. James Thomson and Roy Quackenbush left Feb. 21, traveling by way of Portland, Olympia and Tacoma. A special tour of the Seattle- Tacoma airport had been ar ranged, so that the students were able to follow the complete oper ations of this big project. They were allowed to go through a DC-6 and heard experts explain the instrument panel, plane re pair, flight problems and were privileged to ask questions re garding any phase of flight oper ations. A special tour of the weather station was made. At this point the students observed the taking of weather data, plot ting of the information, and the broadcasting of the assembled data. The conference, held on the University of Washington cam pus, was attended by 1200 dele gates from the eight western states. There were sufficient special meetings to make it pos sible for each delegate to at tend a completely different set of seven sectional- discussions. Meredith Thomson and Jim Mor ris each acted as chairman of a sectional meeting. Hehisch ad viser, Margaret Kirk, addressed one of the sectional groups on the subject of "New Features for Old". Subjects of meetings at tended by Heppner students in cluded page make-up, organiza tion of the staff, sports reporting, feature writing, better pictures, copy-editing, and news reporting. The luncheons and banquet featured such well known fig ures as William Randolph Hearst of Hearst Newspapers, Frank Coniff, editorial writer for Hearst Publications; and Kenneth Dod- son, autnor oi Away ah coais and Stranger to The shore. ' While in Seattle the students saw "This is Cinerama" and "Oklahoma". Saturday after noon, following the last confer ence meeting, they toured the Northgate shopping center. o Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Nutting of Mitchell were weekend guests of their daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. James Norene.
