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U OF o ORE Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 1 4, -1 957 74th Year, Number 1 ifeip c March Rain Tops 46, Year Record Rainfall in the first 13 days of March has broken a 46 year re cord at the Heppner weather sta tion it was revealed this week by Leonard Gilliam, local observer. Up to Wednesday morning 2.52 inches of rain, snow and hail has fallen here since March 1, break ing the all-time record of 2.32 inches for the entire month which was set in 1932. The 10 year average for March is slight ly under one inch. Along with the moisture, resi dents received almost a com plete variety of weather during the past week. In one day there lias been snow, hail, rain, warm sunshine and freezing weather a typical March assortment. It has rained or snowed on five of the last six days with the heav iest precipitation coming on Tuesday when .35 inch was re corded. Temperatures have large, ly remained above freezing ex cept during the early morning hours Tuesday and Wednesday. Regardless of how it came, far mers generally have welcomed the moisture, though by mid-week even a few of them were begin ning to think that they had had enough for a while. In most sec tions the fall has been gentle enough that it has all soaked into the ground, but there have been a few scattered reports of run off and slight soil erosion. Streams generally are higher than last week, but none have been reported anywhere near flood stage, though most are muddy. Most of the moisture to fall in the mountains has been in the form of snow, which is adding considerably to the light pack reported the first of the month. Most of the storms the past two weeks have been fairly gen eral over the entire county. The Gooseberry weather observer, Leonard Carlson reported Tues day that he Jias measured 2.88 inches since March 1. One thing is certain if the wet trend continues through even a part of the remainder of the month, a precipitation re cord will be sot that will proba bly stand for some time. The record at Heppner for the past week shows: Max. Min. Prec. Friday , 52 35 .31 Saturday 44 37 .32 Sunday 49 33 .03 Monday 50 39 . Tuesday 44 32 .35 Wednesday ' 47 28 .03 o lone Man Receives ROTC Training Trip Gerald White of lone, a, fresh man at Willamette university, recently traveled with the AF ROTC detachment to McChord Field in Tacoma for an overnight stay and inspection of the instal lations at that Northwest air force base. Part of the ROTC training the trip was made in a C 118 air force plane belonging to the Mili. tary Air Transport Service. A member of the Wilamette ROTC program he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon White, lone. t . A ST. PATRICK'S DAY HAM DINNER will be served by the men of the Holy Name Society of St. Pat- ing when Dan Wagner, new rick's Catholic church Sunday, March 17, from 3 to 7 p. m. at the fair pavilion. Shown here In 'manager of O'Donnell's Cafe will their "working clothes" are left to right, James Farley, chief cook; Jim Healy, co-chairman1 serve "Brahma Bull Stew" to all with Paul Koenig; and Harry O'DonnelL Jr., one of the assistant cooks. Other committee heads 1 comers with all proceeds from are Clifford Coleman, ticket chairman; Max Barclay, head waiter; E. E. Gonty, chairman of the 'the meal to go to the Red Cross, kitchen committee; James Monahan, chairman of the decorations committee; and John Williams I Wagner advised Frank Turner, another ccok. This will be the first public dinner given by the men of the church. (Wilson Photo) ' local Red Cross drive chairman Campfire, Bluebird Councilfire Set For Next Sunday The birthday of Campfire March 17, will be a full day of activity for Heppner Campfire girls and Bluebirds. In the morn ign they will attend church in a body in uniform. Church at tendance is rotated and this year the girls will attend the Lutheran church which meets at 9:30 at the Seventh Day Adventist church At 2 p. m. the annual ceremon ial and council fire will take place in the multipurpose room of the grade" school and is open to the public. Approximately, 50 girls will participate. An unusual feature this year will be the Fly-Up ceremony to be held in some time, where 20 Bluebirds will Fly-up to Camp fire. Songs, skits and dances will be featured by the other Bluebird groups as part of the program. A candle-lighting cere monial will be presented by the O-Ki-Zu group during which the awards and honors earned by the girls in the past year will be presented A tea will follow the ceremonial. Groups taking part are: Fairy Flock Bluebirds, second graders led by Mrs. Ed Dick and Mrs. Alex Thompson; Gay Bluebirds, third graders led by Mrs. Robert Ferrell and Mrs. Marcel Jones; the Merry Bluebirds and the Happy Bluebirds, the two Fly up groups of fourth graders Jed by Mrs. Don Bellenbrock, Mrs. Glenn Smith and Mrs. Clem Stockard; and the O-Ki-Zu Camp fire Girls with Mrs. Elmer Sch midt and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy as guardians. M5 Immunization Clinic Set For .Monday There will be an immunization clinic held Monday, March 18 at 1 p. m. in the office of the Morrow county health depart ment at Pioneer Memorial hospi tal, it was revealed today by Dr. A. D. McMurdo county health officer. Free polio vaccine will be given to all "youngsters under 20 years of age, and to expectant moth ers. Other vaccines available will be typhoid, smallpox, and combination diphtheria, whoop ing cough and tetanus. Final Rites For Gaylord E. Ingram Held at Pendleton Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 12 at Burns Mor tuary chapel in Pendleton for Gaylord E. Ingram, 51, who pas sed away March 8 at Pendleton. Only meager information was available on Mr. Ingram, though he was born at Hardman and had lived his entire life In Eastern Oregon, lie is survived by a daughter Mrs. Dorothy Ellen Harrara, Vantage, Wash.; four sisters, Mrs. Rose Mathews, Day ville; Mrs. Sadie Austin, The Dal les; Mrs. Julia Adkins, Mt. Ver non; and Mrs. Ada Knight, Chilo quin. He also leaves several nieces and nephews living in Morrow county. The Rev. Eric O. Robathan of ficiated at the service and burial was in Olney cemetery in Pendleton. ' 1 J' Pendleton Man Kills Self After Arrest Here Fay S. Baird, 56, shot himself to death in his home in Pendle ton Saturday afternoon where he had been taken by Morrow county sheriff C. J. D. Bauman to obtain some clothes before starting to serve a 10-day sen tence for drunkenness. Baird, who was very well known in Pendleton, had been arrested Friday by sheriff Bau man and state police officer Wil liam Labhart after he had stop ped his car in the highway near Lexington. He was brought be fore justice of the peace J. O. Hager and sentenced to 10 days in the county jail on a charge of being drunk on a public high way. The sheriff reported that Sat urday Baird asked if he could be taken to Pendleton to serve his time inasmuch as he had an ap pointment with a doctor there during the time of his sentence and he wished to stop at his home to advise his wife and to get a change of clothes before starting to serve his sentence. Bauman drove Baird to Pendle ton in Baird's car, parking it in the driveway and taking him in to the house. The sheriff said he appeared completely rational, having tolked all the way to Pendleton with Bauman and his wife, who accompanied them. Baird spoke to his wife, then went up stairs to change his clothes and obtain some personal effects. While Bauman was talking with Mrs. Baird they heard a shot from upstairs. In vestigation disclosed that the man had shot himself in the chest with a 30-06 rifle Baird was a former flouring mill employee in Pendleton and was active in many organiza tions there. He owned a gro eery store in rortianct ana a farm near Mabton, Washington. . o Local School Budget Approved; Teacher Resignations Told The budget for the Hepper school district for 1957-58 was recently approved by the rural school board and the district board Tuesday night set April 9 at 8 p. m. as the time for the public hearing. The entire bud get will be published in the March 21 and 28 issues of the Gazette Times. The board accepted the resig nations of Miss Joyce Fett and John Snyder to be effective at the end of the current school year. Other members of the faculty were reelected and the board an nounced that they plan some changes in teaching assignments tor the coming year. o- . IONE WOMAN INJURED Word has been received that Mrs. Monetta Aldrich of lone was injured recently in an auto acci dent in Seattle. She received some fractured ribs and is in Doctor's hospital there. - o Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parrish and family of Oak Grove were week end visitors at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Par-rish. if' U ft , ' f ' - ' . i A , - , , r v - -'. so-V . A 4 lr' Korean Orphan Boy Has New Home With Heppner Family Lee Sun Ho, a three-year old Korean orphan, arrived in Hepp ner late last week to start a new life. He was one of 76 youngs ters brought to America last week by plane by Harry Holt. Cres well farmer and he has been adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Clem Stockard. Now known as Tommy, the youngster adapted quickly to his new name and new life and it took but a short time for him to learn how to wear and handle a gun and holster, play with a toy jeep and other American toys. He received plenty of help from his new sisters and brother Jean, 10; Joan, 8; and Bill, six' years old who are delighted with the new member of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Stockard and family met the Holt plane March 5 in Los Angeles ' and returned with Tommy and two other Ko rean children 19 months old and 5 years of age. The other two were brought as far as Salem by the Stockards for two Oregon families who had made their homes available for the orphans but were unable to make the trip to Los Angeles to pick them up. Tommy as yet can' speak no English, which has caused a few minor problems in his new house, hold, but his adoptive father and mother say he has no trouble making himself understood when he needs attention: They also say that while he can't speak the language he understands quite a number of words and phrases. For the first couple of days he said practically nothing, though on the trip from California he and the 5-year old, boy talked occasionally in Korean. Once after he arrived in his. new home, he rattled off a Korean sentence while in the bath tub, but his mother is still at a loss to know what he was talking about. The. boy was understandably confused at first at all the new faces and things which confront ed him, but unless tired, he en joyed playing with his new sis ters and brothers and normally Local GOC Adds New Members Several new names have been added to the list of volunteer Ground Observer Corps workers during the past week, it was re vealed by Mrs. Ray Smith, super visor. There are now about 20 persons active in the corps. New members are Mrs. Kemp Dick, Mrs. Jack Van Winkle, Mrs. Gene Ferguson Mrs. Alex Green, Mrs. James Mo'nahan, Mrs. Cecil Hicks, Mrs. Marion Huggett and Miss Celia Boulden. African Missionaries Due Assembly of God The Assembly of God church will be host to guest missionary speakers next week the even ings of March 19 and 22, Rev. Willis Geyer announced Sunday. Kev. Harry G. Downey, mis sionary to Belgian Congo, Africa, will .speak Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30. He will show colored slides of his work there. Rev. Lionel P. Furman, also missionary to the Belgian Congo area will speak Friday evening, March 22. Rev. Furman will show the new kodachrome sound production, "Dark Battle Ground", just released by the general Assemblies missionary promotional department which he personally had a small part in filming. The pubic is invited to these services. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle returned Friday arter spending; three months in Mesa, Arizona. I Mr. and Mrs. Phil Blakney spent the weekend in Walla; Walla. ! Irahma Bull The local Red Cross drive which ! j is now in its third week and lag- 1 g:ng badly will get a shot in !llm arm nnvl WTaA n i r fltrnn. wore a big grin. He eats well and will tackle any food put before him. Holt Brings 380 Orphans Last April the Stockards first made their home available for one of the Korean children but it took nearly a year for their name to work far enough up on Holt's list to get one of the youngsters. Their other child ren have been very impatient during recent months waiting for their turn to come and late last year were down-hearted when it was feared that Holt would be unable to bring additional or phans to this country after the first of this year. Stockard is a pharmacist at Humphreys Drug Co. and is a member of several local organi zations. Both he and Mrs. Stock ard are members of the Chris tian church where he is chair man of the board of elders and teaches in the Sunday school. Mrs. Stockard is superintendent of the primary Sunday school de partment and a Blue Bird leader. The 76 orphans which Holt and his daughter Barbara brought on the last planeload were des tined for homes in all sections of the United States. u Band Benefit Carnival Planned The third annual Band Parent carnival has been set for Satur day, April 6 at the fair pavilion in Heppner, it was revealed this week by Geraldine Sumner, club president. This year the junior and sen- ior high school have been in cluded in the plans to help with the carnival and both will share in the proceeds. Seven high school organizations and the junior and senior student bodies will operate booths with the as sistance of band club parents. The club has worked for three years to provide funds for band uniforms and the carnival is one of their major money-making enterprises. The program on carnival day includes a street parade in the afternoon, dinner served from 5:30 and a band concert at the fair pavilion from 6:30 to 7 p. m. Morrow County Leads State in Bond Sales During February Sales of E and H savings bonds in February were down substan tially in Oregon from a year ago, but Morrow county was one of only four counties in the state to show an increase during that period, it was revealed today by figures from the state savings bond division of the treasury department. Sales in Morrow durinc the 21,590 a year ago. Since the first of the year residents of the county have bought $108,515 in bonds compared with $44,579 last year the greatest gain of any county. Statewide sales dropped from $4,765,309 in 1956 to $2,655 816 this year. The only other counties to show a gain during February were Crook, Gilliam, and Wheel er and Morrow sales more than equalled the other three counties combined. Pendleton Legion Mass Initiation Set Members of the local American Legion and Auxiliary are invited to attend a mass initiation for all posts and units numbers 5, 6 and 7 in Pendleton Saturday, March 23 at 7:45 p. m. at the junior high school gym. A parade at 6:30 will preceed ! the ceremonies and a party willlers Association are invited to follow at the Lariat club. Mem-! attend and. assist in forming this hers are urged to attend. (organization. Stew' Dinner to Aid Red Cros that from 5 p. m. until all cus tomers are taken care of, he will supply absolutely free a "darn good beef stew" and rolls to any one wishing it, children in cluded. There will be no charge for the stew dinner, but persons may make whatever donation they wish for the meal and all proceeds will go to the Red Cross. VI -S I . t,-- LEE SUN OH Three year old Korean orphan boy who last week came to America through the efforts of Harry Holt, Creswell far mer, is rapidly making Iriends with his new parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Stockard of Heppner. He had been in Heppner less than a day when this picture was taken, but his big brown eyes sparkled when he was given the toy jeep which he is holding. His new name is Tommy. (GT Photo) I J , 1 ,, QM TOMMY'S NEW FAMILY to which he is rapidly adjusting are, left to right. Bill, six, his new father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Stockard with the boy on his dad's lap, Joan, 8 and Jean 10. Though the boy speaks no English and his new family no Korean, the language barrier has caused little difficulty. (GT Photo) HEPPNER PARENT-TEACHERS TO OBSERVE FOUNDERS DAY MARCH 20 The Heppner Parent-Teachers association will observe Found er's Day at Its regular monthly meeting next Wednesday March 20 at the multipurpose room of the Heppner grade school. To be present for the special program will be Mrs. Stagge, state P-TA president as well as many local past presidents. The P-TA has a long history, dating from early in this cen tury when the first state con gress of P-TA was formed in 1905. It was known then as the Columbia Maternal association and though these founding wo men felt that onlv the Devine power could protect their child ren, they recognized their own maternal responsibilities. The first Congress of Mothers was held in 1897 in Washington, D. C, and in 1904 another organiza tion in Portland known as the Home Training association was started As the latter organization grew school principals and tea chers invited parents to form in circles. This group merged in 1906 with the Oregon Congress of Mothers, and since that time the national congress has grown to one of the largest organizations of its kind in the country with a membership of over 11 mil- Formation of County Cow Belles Group Planned Next Week There will be an organization meetiing for a Morrow county Cow Belles association Tuesday, March 19 at 1:30 p m. it was an nounced this week, "it will be held at the Wranglers club house at lne Iair grounds in Heppner. All wives of members of the Morrow County Livestock Grow- Helping Wagner wiih theiceived 'during the current drive handling of the stew dinner will be several members of the county Red Cross drive commit tee who are now working at lining up at least 200 customers for the dinner which will be ser ved as long as anybody comes for It Turner reported today that very little money has been re- lion. Now nearly every school in the state has a P-TA. During the years the organiza tion has worked continually for better education and has en couraged some of the best state and national school legislation. The local group hopes for a large turnout for the Wednes day night observance. Mrs. Leon Ball will be refreshment hostess for the meeting. Care Urged During Kite-Flying Time It's kite-flying time and time for parents to remind their child ren to avoid the vicinity of elec tric power lines while enjoying the sport. The following rules for safe kite flying have been suggested by Pacific Power & Light com pany local manager J. R. Huff man: 1. Always fly kites in an open field or playground, well away from power lines. 2. Use only dry cord for kite line. 3. Never use wet string or metal threads for kite line. These are conductors of electricity and can bring about a serious shock from accidental contact with overhead wires. 4. if a kite should lodge In a power line, or in a tree near power wires, leave it there. Don't try to take it down. Skilled power linemen never take chances with live wires neither should you. n FIELD DAY SLATED SUNDAY ON JOHN DAY There will be a field day Sun day on the game reserve area on the North Fork of the John Day river, it was announced by Itho state game commission. Persons interested in taking- in the trip are advised to contact Glen Ward or Ralph Taylor, Heppner. s and he stressed the need for the county to make its quota. He expressed the hope that the stew dinner would materially aid the fund and urged all residents to attend the feed and to bring the entire family. The date again: Wednesday, March 20, O'Donnell's Cafe, ser ved from 5 p. m.
