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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 21, 1957
74th Year, Number 2
Coming of Spring
Brings No Change,
Just 'More Rain'
Spring arrived officially at vis
p. m. Wednesday afternoon but as
iar as most persons were con
cerned it meant nothing different
weather-wise from the rest of
March. At the appointed time
rain was falling on Heppner in
buckets-full the same as it has
done on many of the other 19
days of the month.
On Tuesday, the dav before
the advent of the spring season,
residents thought maybe the
coming of spring was really going
to mean a change as the mercury
climbed to 59, the warmest of
the year, and sun shone the en
tire day but their pleasure was
short-lived. Wednesday brought
a new storm front and shortly
before noon water began to pile
up in rain gauges.
Rainfall Records Climbs
Over a week ago the all-time
rainfall record at Heppner was
broken and during the past week
an additional one-third of an
inch has fallen here to bring the
month's total, as of Wednesday
morning to 2.84 inches, almost
two full inches greater than the
10 year average for March. The
2.84 figure does not include what
fell Wednesday which is expec
ted to put the total over the
three-inch mark.
Reports have been received
from some ranchers in the higher
elevations where soil is shallow
er, that the continuing moisture
is causing some erosion in sum
merfallow fields, but those in
the lower end of the county where
soil is deeper are able to stand
several more inches without any
trouble. Several ranchers in scat
tered sections of the county who
keep rain gauges have already
reported well over three inches of
moisture this month.
The temperature and rainfall
record at the Heppner weather
station for the past week shows:
Max Min. Prec.
Friday 49 40 .05
Saturday 52 31 .25
Sunday 49 30 .
Monday 52 34 - .02
Tuesday 51 30 .
.Wednesday 59 42 .
School Law Classes
Set For Condon
A class in school law and or
ganization, Ed 476, will be In
structed by Jack Flug, Morrow
county school superintendent,
beginning March 27 at the Con
don elementary school. The
class will be held from 7 to 9:45
p. m. weekly and will last for
seven weeks.
The class offers two hours
credit and fees for general ex
tension classes are $8 per credit
hour.
Persons interested in the class
should contact Mrs. Lovena Pal
mer, district superintendent at
Condon.
IONE GIRL MEMBER OF
MARYLHURST ORCHESTRA
Jean Ann Swanson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swanson
of lone, has been chosen for
membership in the chamber
orchestra of Marylhurst college,
where she is a freshman. She is a
clarinetist.
Miss Swanson is a member of
a freshman "little orchestra" of
nine instruments which made an
appearance on March 15 at an
assembly program presented in
the Marylhurst college auditor
ium by the freshman class. The
group played a medley of Irish
airs.
LOCAL EFFORTS BEING MADE TO SAVE
WW II CARRIER FROM SCRAP HEAP
Local effort to save the World
War II carrier Enterprise from
the scrap heep is being urged
by Kenneth Peck, Lexington, 40
millimeter gunnery officer on
the ship for 27 months. National
appeal to save the ship as a
World War II shrine and mus
eum is being spurred by the USS
Enterprise association.
The Enterprise, which took part
in all but one of the Navy bat
tles in the Pacific, destroyed 911
enemy planes and 71 enemy
ships, is the only pre-World War
II carrier left. Association mem
bers hope to tow the carrier from
Bayonne, N. J. to San Diego,
Calif, where it would be moored
near the Institute of Aeoronau
tical Sciences building on Harbor
Drive. Cost of de-mothing and
towing the vessel to San Diego
is estimated at $250,000. In ad
dition to preserving the ship as
Chamber Hears Six
Contestants in UN
Pilgrimage Contest
Chamber of Commerce mem
bers Monday heard six Heppner
high school students give talks
that are part of the require
ments for entering the I. O. O. F.
sponsored United Nations Youth
Pilgrimage contest.
Speakers were Jim Morris,
Peggy Applegate, Helen Graham,
Janice Beamer, Joann Brosnan
and Ed Groshens. Judging the
talks was done by selected
chamber members and the re
suits will be entered as part of
the process of selecting the
Morrow county winner. The
loocal winner will compete
against other finalists March 30
at Pendleton for the opportunity
to take the summer trip to New
York.
The chamber went on record
as opposing a measure in the
legislature which would require
a licensed contractor be employed
for all building and remodeling
jobs costing in excess of $100
Local senators and representa
lives were advised of the cham
ber's stand.
Mrs. Reba Grabill
Dies At Pendleton
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Fol
som's Funeral chapel in Pen
dleton for Mrs. Reba Grabill, 46,
who passed away March 18 at
her home in Pendleton following
an illness of several months. She
had been a lifelong resident of
Morrow county until moving to
Pendleton last fall.
Mrs. Grabill was born May 19,
1910 at Gooseberry and was mar
ried to Robert. E. Grabill June 20,
1931 at Vancouver, Washington.
They had lived in Heppner for a
number of years where her hus
band was manager of Empire
Machinery Company. They
moved to Pendleton last October
when he was transferred to the
main store. She was a member
of All Saints' Episcopal church
and of Ruth chapter of Eastern
Star at Heppner.
, Surviving are her husband,
one son, Robert; her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tilman Hogue, Hepp
ner; one brother Earl Hogue and
a sister, Mrs. Cecil Stefani, both
of lone.
Bearers were Donald Fleck, Hy-
man Shoop, Garnet Barratt, John
Williams, Vern Arstill and Mer
vin Leonard. The Rev. Charles
V. Knox, pastor of the Heppner
Christian church, officiated and
interment was in the Pendleton
Masonic cemeter.
College Students
Home For Vacation
Among the college students
home this week from their
schools for spring vacation are
Patsy Wright, Jim Hayes, Dick
Kononen, Jim Wightman and
Skip Ruhl from Oregon State Col
lege; Lance Tibbies, and Wayne
Soward from the University of
Oregon; James Monahan and
Larry Lindsay, Portland Univer
sity; Nancy Anderson, Connie
Newman, Bob Grabill, Jean Marie
Graham and Mike Monahan,
Eastern Oregon College at La
Grande; Lowell Turner, Portland
State; Lyle Jensen, Steven Green,
Neil Beamer, Bill Hughes, Keith
Connor and Mr. and Mrs. Ernie
Drake returned to Pacific Uni
versity Sunday after their vaca
tion in Heppner.
Mrs. Harold Cohn spent last
weekend at Eugene, visiting her
daughter Sally.
a shrine, plans call for it to be
used as a transient home for
sailors who would keep her up as
room payment.
Peck urged residents to write
their senators to delay scrapping
the Enterprise until enough funds
come in to do the job. Donations
may be sent to the U. S. S. Enter
prise association, P. O. Box 589,
San Diego, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Peck and family
attended the third annual re
union of crew members in New
York and at the ship in Bay
onne last fall. Peck, who was
aboard from February, 1943
through May, 1945, reported over
$5000 had been mailed to the
Association within five days fol
lowing the appearance of Fleet
Admiral William F. (Bull) Hal
sey in an appeal to save the
ship on a recent television broad,
cast Articles have appeared
also in current magazines.
Field Day Planned
At Ranch of State
Conservation Man
Elaborate plans are now being
made for the annual field day at
the state Conservation Man of
the Year rancn, the Kenneth
Peck operation near Lexington.
Peck was named the 1956 winner.
The plans for the field day
were made last week at the meet
ing of the state Conservation
Man of the Year committee of the
Oregon Wheat Growers League.
Attending were Vernon Munkers,
Kenneth Peck and N. C. Ander
son. The field day will be held May
25 and a program is scheduled
that will be of interest to every
one. It will start at 10 a. m. fol
lowed by a free lunch at noon
and a tour of the entire farm to
see the conservation practices
that earned the title for Peck. A
number of dignitaries will take
part In the program and several
county organizations have been
asked to help.
The Morrow County Wheat
Growers Association has ap
pointed a committee composed
of Bernard Doherty, Raymond
Lundell, Vernon Munkers, Tom
Wilson and N. C. Anderson to
develop further plans for the
event.
Peck is the first Morrow county
rancher to win the state award.
Hospital Sends Call
For Nurse's Aides
Mrs. Florence Bradshaw, super
visor of nurses at Pioneer Me-
Morlal hospital, has revealed the
hospital is in need of nurse's
aides to fill vacancies in the
present staff.
Anyone over 18 years of age
who is interested is eligible, Mrs.
Bradshaw stated, but she empha
sized that they must enjoy the
work of caring for the sick.
Training will be given at the
hospital.
lone P-TA Ejects
New Officers for Year
Mrs. Wallace Matthews was
elected president of the lone P
TA for the coming year at a
meeting Wednesday evening
March 13. Other officers elected
were Mrs, Gordon White, vice
president and Mrs. John Hat
field as secretary and treasurer.
A very Interesting panel discus
sion was held with Fredrick Mar
tin as moderator. The subject
was "Is the Youth Program for
Morrow County Adequate?'' Those
on the panel and the points they
brought up were: Julie Rietmann
representing a high school stu
dent ramed many of the activities
of the high school; Mardine Baker
representing the 4-H clubs, stated
that many children took up 4-H
club work in the grades but drop,
ped out during high schooL She
thought more time should be
given to 4-H club work. R. H.
Woodroof, representing the
schools, stated that more empha
sis should be given to academics
and a larger student body was
very important; Rev. Floyd S.
Bailey, from the churches, point
ed out the church programs and
that not enough youth took part
in the work; Ray Heimbigner,
representing the P-TA, stated
that the P-TA had help acquire
many things for the youth as the
swimming pool, trampoline and
other equipment and that they
should be used more; Mrs. Nor
man Nelson took the parents
side and showed that more home
life was needed and that parent
guidance was very important. Mr.
Martin summed up all the high
lights after the discussion. Many
questions were asked from the
floor and discussed.
The school band played several
numbers led by Gary Stephenson.
These numbers will be played at
the band concert at La Grande
March 23 at 4:45 p. m. Mrs. Lewis
Halvorsen had charge of the pro
gram. At the business meeting of the
P-TA conducted by Ray Heimbig
ner, president, the flag salute
was given followed by the bene
diction by Rev. Floyd S. Bailey,
pastor of the Community church.
The following announcements
were made. The speech festival
will be held here March 26, the
band concert at La Grande March
23 and the P-TA convention at
Pendleton April 9, 10 and 11. The
elective officers will go as dele
gates. Refreshments were served after
the meeting by Mrs. Earl McKin
ney, Mrs. John Jackson, Mrs.
Garry Tullis, Mrs. Darrell Padberg
and Mrs. Harold Snider. '
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NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL AWARD of Merit Presented to Pa
cific Power & Light Workers. Company employees who completed
more than 1,000.000 man-hours ol work without loss-time injury
have been cited for their achievement by the National Safety
Council. Presentation of the council's Award of Merit was made
tecently by Johnny Carpenter, right, Portland representative of
the council, to Don R. McClung, left, executive vice president of
PP&L. The total of safe hours reached 1,235,000 for the 2500 work,
ers of the system, a record unsurpassed in the company's 46-year
history.
SOCIAL SECURITY
HEAVIEST BUSINESS
The La Grande social security
office is experiencing the great
est rush of business in the 16
years of its existance. Since the
first of the year, the number of
people making claims for insur
ance benefit payments has trip
led over that of a year ago, dis
trict manager Vernon A. Welo
said this wek.
The increase in the number of
claimants here reflects a con
dition prevailing in most of the
556 social security offices
throughout the country. In one
February week alone, a total of
112 people in this area made
claims for old-age, survivors, or
disability insurance payments.
Welo said that his office is
doing everything possible to ex
pedite the handling of people
making benefit claims. Due to
the increased number of claim
ants, however, many may have
to wait longer for interviews
when hey come to the social
security office. Also, he said,
the larger number of claimants
in the office slow up the pro
cessing of the claims papers. A
new beneficiary must sometimes
Second Clothing
Construction Class
Enrollment Open
A second series of basic Bis
hop clothing construction classes
will start in Heppner this spring
announces Mrs. Marvin Smith,
vice president of the Heppner
P-TA.
Women who are interested are
to enroll with Mrs. Smith and
they will be accepted for the class
in the order in which they enroll.
Only a limited number will be
instructed in each class.
Women who enroll must at
tend the preliminary meeting at
the Heppner school homemaking
room Friday, March 22 at 7:30
p. m. and they are asked to bring
notebook paper and pencil o
the meeting.
The training is available to
the Heppner community through
the cooperation of the state vo
cational department, school dis
trict No. 1 and the P-TA. A noml.
nal fee is chargd for the 10 les
sons. Mrs. Homer Hager will be
the instructor.
Christian Church Men
To Have Work Night
The Christian Men's Fellowship
of the Christian church will meet
at the church, Monday evening,
March 25, for a work night.
They will work from 7:00 to 9:
00 p. m., refreshments will be
served by the women of the
church, followed by a short busi
ness meeting.
This Is for all men who at
tend the Christian church.
Farm Bureau Meeting
Set For March 26
The regular Farm Bureau meet,
ing will be held Tuesday, March
26 at 8 p. m. at the Bill Barratt
home on Hinton creek.
A discussion of pending legis
lative measures will be held and
Don Heliker will show pictures
and tell of his recent trip to
Hawaii.
NAMED ON HONOR ROLL
James Monahan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Monahan of Hepp
ner, has been named on the
freshman honor roll at the Uni
vertity of Portland.
OFFICE DOING
IN ITS HISTORY
wait longer before he receives
his first monthy insurance bene
fit check.
"If you have made a claim for
payments but have not yet re
ceived your first check, please
be patient," Welo urges. He as
sures those who have recently
filed claims that the delay will
not result in any loss of bene
fits. The date an application is
filed, not the date of the final
award, is used in figuring the
monthly amount. Furthermore,
he pointed out, benefits can be
paid for a period of as much as
a year before the time a claim
for benefits is made when people
are entitled to back payments.
Benefit checks for future months
will not be affected by the work
load and will reach beneficiaries
on time.
While ordinarily a wage earn
er need not submit proof of past
earnings, in a claim for old-age
benefits, a self-employed person
will need to bring along copies
of his income tax returns for
1955 and 1956, and cancelled
checks to prove the returns were
paid. Proof of age for both re
tiring farmers and their wives
will also generally be needed,
Welo stated.
Commenting on the unprece
dented number of claims now on
hand, Welo said that the situa
tion is temporary. It is due large,
lyto the recent changes in the
social security law.
In the area served by the La
Grande social security office a
major reason for the increase in
claimants is that many self-employed
farmers are now qualify
ing for old-age benefits. Farm
operators were first brought
under social security at the be
ginning of 1955. About 400 far
mers in this area who have
reached retirement age have
filed benefit claims since the
first of the year, he said.
A social security representa
tive will be at the City Hall in
Heppner, Wednesday, March 27,
from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon.
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Hermiston Catholics
Slate Italian Dinner -
Th Altar society of Our Lady
of Angels Catholic church of Her
miston will again hold its Ital
ian dinner at the parish house
Sunday, March 24, it has been
revealed. The family style din
ner will be served from noon to
5 p. m.
Real "Old World" atmosphere
is being accomplished by the dec
oration committee under the
guidance of Howard Peck and
entertainment will be furnished
during the entire afternoon by
Gordon Grady and his Stars of
Tomorrow.
Mrs. Sally Terrill will again
do the cooking with the assist
ance of veteran Italian cooks
from Portland's St. Ignatius
parish, Mrs. Nick De Francesco,
Mrs. Carl Daniclson and Mrs.
Willis George. Tickets may be
purchased at the door.
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Mrs. Leona Clark
Passes Away at Bend
Mrs. LeonaClark, widow of the
late N. A. Clark and mother of
Barton Clark of Heppner, died
Tuesday at a nursing home in
Bend.
Funeral services have been set
for Friday at 2 p. m. at the
Lutheran church in Redmond, it
was announced.
An obituary will appear next
week.
New lone Minister
To Be Installed
At Sunday Service
An installation service for the
Rev. Floyd Bailey, new pastor of
the lone Community church, will
be held Sunday afternoon at 5
o'clock at the church. The ser
vice will be followed by a pot
luck dinner and is open to every
one. The Rev. Stuart Goude of Con
don will be in charge of the pro
gram and Dr. Paul Davies of
Portland will be the main speak
er. Several other ministers are
expected to take part.
Parking Meter
Users Reminded to
uive bacK NKKei
The chamber of commerce
sponsored "give-backa-nickel"
parking meter plan which was
inaugurated a year ago through
the cooperation of the City of
Heppner has worked quite well
until recently, it was revealed
by chamber officials and chief
of police Dean Gilman.
Weekly checks of money re
ceived from the orange enve
lopes which are given out in
stead of overtime parking cita
tions, has shown the fund, set up
by the chamber, to have gained
somewhat during the year. The
story during recent weeks has
been different, however, when
the weekly "take" has rjeen less
than is being used to "feed" the
meters.
As long as the fund comes
reasonably close to breaking
even, it will probably be con
tinued, but both Chief Gilman
and chamber officers reminded
car owners that if the fund gets
too far in the red, it may again
be necessary to resort to parking
tickets which will cost the vio
lator $1.00 rather than the five
cents now asked with use of the
envelopes.
No threat is intended, it was
emphasized, but drivers are be
ing reminded that it Is to their
own benefit to drop a nickel In
the envelope and leave it at a
local store.
Civic League Sets
Rummage Sale Date
The annual spring rummage
sale sponsored by the Heppner
Civic League will be held May
3 and 4, it was decided Monday
night at the monthly meeting of
the organization. Funds from the
sale are used to support the
Heppner kondergarten.
Co-chairmen for the sale will
be Mrs. Bud Peck and Mrs. Bud
Marshall and in charge of rum
mage collection are Mrs. Jack
Van Winkle and Mrs. Howard
Pettyjohn. The group asks that
persons having rummage to do
nate call either 6-9725 or 6-9284
or it can be left at Van Winkle's
Chevron station.
The League also made plans
to hold a style show on Wednes
day, April 3, with the location
to be announced later.
Will O'Harra, laboratory tech
nician at Pioneer Memorial hos
pital, spoke to the group and
urged them to sponsor a blood
typing project in Heppner. The
members will consider the pro
posal and may make arrange
ments for such a program later
in the year.
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Masons Start Drive
For New Furnishings
A drive was started this week
to raise funds from members
for a new carpet for the Heppner
Masonic lodge hall, it was re
vealed by Harold Becket, secre-
I tary.
I The drive was started Tuesday
I night when several members of-
fered donations or pledges to
ward a fund to replace the car
pet which has been In use since
the building was built In 1916.
It is estimated the project will
cost abont $3,000.
ATTEND GOLDEN WEDDING
Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Huber of
Heppner were in Collage Place,
Wash, last Sunday to attend the
golden wedding anniversary of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Huber.
RHEA CREEK GRANGE
The Rhea Creek grange will
meet Friday evening March 22
at 6:00 p. m., starting with a
potluck supper and a business
meeting later.
Increased Costs
Bring Larger
School Budget
Portion of Raise
Due to Remodeling
A public hearing on the 1957
58 budget for school district No.
I has been set for April 9 it was
revealed this week by school of
ficials. Following the hearing the
budget will be approved by the
board and it will later be sub
mitted to voters at the regular
school election.
The budget for the coming
year lists total estimated expen
ditures at $297,745.31 which is
an Increase of approximately
$34,000 over the current year's
figures.
The largest increase in school
operating costs will come In the
teacher's salaries section which
show a figure of $151,872. This
is an increase of slightly over
$19,000 more than this year and
is the result of the recent accept
ance of a revised teacher salary
schedule.
In other catagorios, operation--of
t he physical plants show an
increase of $1,400, general con
trol expenses are up less than
$1,000, and transportation costs
etc. raised nearly $1,500. De
creases in budgeted expenses are
seen in maintenance and repair,
down $1600 and in a capital out
lay which dropped from $18,610
last year to only $809 for the
coming budget.
This latter reduction is offset
by a special improvement fund of
$25,000 for remodeling the sci
ence laboratory. This fund was
not shown In the former budget
but was included under capital
outlay. The special fund will
supply about half the money
needed for the remodeling, the
balance to be raised in 1958-59.
Estimated receipts, other than
county taxes, are set at $68,389.
01 which Is approximately the
same as shown on the current
year's budget, which leaves a
total of $229,356.30 to be raised
by taxes. This is an increase of
approximately $34,000.
At the general school election
voters will not decide on the
$25,000 for special Improvement,
inasmuch as the complete bud
get will include overall combi
ned county school figures. Last
year the rural school board set a
policy of requiring separate dis
tricts to finance their own Im
provement projects, such as above
mentioned, and voters of the
Heppner district will decide that
matter at another election. The
figure is included in the budget,
however, so that it may be
shown in overall expenses of the
district and may bo used if ap
proved. Sucli an item may not
be spent, even though given voter
approval, unless it is regularly
budgeted.
The complete itemized budget
appears elsewhere in today's is
sue of the Gazette Times.
Anniversary Noted
By Willows Grange
The lone Willows Grange last
week observed its 31st anniver
sary with a special program
highlighted by a brief history of
the grange by Master Leo Crab
tree. During the meeting consider
able discussion was held on sen
ate bill 68 and the grange pas
sed a resolution opposing the
measure, a copy of which will be
sent to Representative Allen Tom.
Members are urged to write him
of their feelings.
Lecturer LaKetta Dobyns, pro
gram chairman, presented Ida
Esteb and Anna Ball with 25 year
pins and corsages and three char
ter members, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Lundell and Earl Morgan were
presented. Pat Townsend was
presented a past master's pin and
Mrs. Dobyns received a perfect
report card as last year's lec
turer. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Heli.
ker showed films of the trip they
recently took to Hawaii.
A cake decorated with grange
colors and decorated with a
sheaf of wheat which had been
made by Mabel Ring was served
at the close of the meeting. Pre
siding at the tea table were Vida
Heliker, Mary Lindsay and Dot
Halvorsen, all past masters.
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PLEDGES WILLAMETTE FRAT
Gerrald Gordon White, fresh
man at Willamette university
from lone,, was recently initiated
into Sigma Alpha Epsllon fra
ternity, following one semester
of pledging.
A graduate of lone high school,
he is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon White.