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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MRS. SMOUSE RETURNS
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Nutting of
Mitchell were weekend guests of
their daughter and son-in-law,
Dr. and Mrs. James Norene.