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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 28, 1957
74th Year, Number 3
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Cancer Drive
To Open; Women's
Program Planned
Mountain Snow
Pack Gains; Still
Below Last Year
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SMOKING REMAINS of the W. W. Ecchdolt farm home near Hard
man which burned Saturday morning. The flames were discovered
in the upper story but had progressed too far to control... A con
siderable amount of belongings were destroyed. (GT Photo)
Flames Destroy
Bechdolt Home
Fire of undetermined origin
completely destroyed the ranch
home on the W. W. Bechdolt ranch
near Hardman last Saturday
morning. A portion of the fam
ily belongings were saved but
' much was reported lost to the
flames.
The fire started about 9 a. m.
and was discovered burning in
the upper story of the building
by Adrian Bechdolt who tried un
successfully to control it. The
flames spread rapidly through
the frame building which was
at least 70 years old and in ad
dition destroyed an adjacent
storage cellar and woodshed.
Neighbors assisted the family
in removing many household
articles from the lower floor but
were unable to save anything
in the upper part of the house.
There was no estimate of the loss
and no insurance was carried on
the building.
Living in the house were W. W.
Bechdolt, Mr. and Mrs. Adrain
Bechdolt and Archie Bechdolt.
In an effort to replace many
. lost articles, the Hardman I. O.
O. F. and Rebekahs and the
Rhea Creek Grange will be hosts
to a miscellaneous shower for the
Bechdolts at the Grange hall on
Saturday night at 7:30. Everyone
is welcome, it was announced.
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SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
At the beginning of the 11th
week of the Oregon Legislature
Governor Robert D. Holmes had
signed 48 House Bills and 13
Senate Bills.
Here, listed briefly, are some
of the bills having received first
consideration in the House and
the Senate:
May boom J. P. business. The
present law restricts a justice of
the peace in small claims cases
to charging the plaintiff not to
exceed 35c to pay postal and
registration fees. This bill elimi
nates the charge restriction.
Termits for hauling over weight
vehicles upon highways require
a bond and other restrictions.
This bill removes the restrictive
provisions of the law when such
vehicles or combination of vehi
cles will be used exclusively in
the construction, maintenance or
repair of a public highway, road
or street pursuant to a contract
with the federal government, the
state, or any county or city.
Relating to stop signs, , , de
letes the provision of law that
signs and markers shall be
placed as near as practicable to.
and the stop shall be made at
the place where, the cross street
meets the prolongation of the
nearest property line of the
through highway.
This act extends the date a
veteran must start his course of
educational training in order to
secure state aid. Present date in
the law is December 21, 1956. The
new date is June 30, 1959.
Extends the termination date
of civil defense from June 30,
1957 to this date in 1959.
Trovides that the governing of
a domestic mutual life insurance
or a domestic mutual disability
insurance company each policy
holder shall have one vote irre
spective of the number of con
tracts or amount of insurance
held. The act does not apply to
mutual assessment associations
and fraternal benefit societies,
DEMOCRATIC STATE FAIRS
The Oregon State Fair will go
Democratic this year also in
195S. That much is certain.
A Senate bill now in the Agri
culture committee would abolish
the State Fair Commission and
place its management with the
State Department of Agriculture
where Rep. Robert J. Steward
was appointed director last Janu
ary. Continued on Page 6
Irrigon Residents
Petition Court For
Cemetery District
The county court this week ac
cepted a petition signed by 1171
residents of the Irrigon area, ask
ing for the formation of an Irri
gon cemetery maintenance dis
trict. The petition asked that the
boundaries for the district be set
to include all of the Irrigon
school district. A public hear
ing date will be set by the
court.
Demand For Polio
Vaccine Exceeds
Supply in State
The demand for polio vaccine
has finally caught up and sur
passed the supply, it was reveal
ed today by Dr. A. D. McMurdo,
county health officer.
Throughout much of last year,
health officials were unable to
find enough persons to use up
supplies on hand, but the in
creasing demand in recent weeks
has now dried up the available
stock. Dr. McMurdo and county
health nurse, Mrs. Velma Glass,
who have been giving the vaccine
at immunization clinics in the
county, reported Wednesday
that they were unable to give
shots to all who wanted them at
the Boardman-Irrigon clinic
Tuesday.
Dr. McMurdo said that infor
mation from the state health de
partment indicated that it would
probably be a month before ad
ditional vaccine would be avail
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The county health office said
that more than 160 shots have
been given in the Heppner, Lex
ington and lone areas since the
first of the year, at clinics and
that local physicians have ad
ministered quite a few more.
Pendleton NFLA
Holds Annual Meet
The annual meeting and din
ner of the Pendleton National
Farm Loan Association was held
recently at the Pendleton Hotel
in Pendleton. Approximately 100
were in attendance. The Associa
tion is the loan servicing agent
for the Federal Land Bank of
Spokane, and operates in Morrow
and Umatilla counties.
During the year 1956 over one
million dollars was loaned to
farmers and ranchers in the dis
trict. At the business meeting three
directors were elected Verne W.
Dale of Helix, James Beamer of
Weston, and Jack Duff of Adams.
Hold over directors are William
Barratt, Heppner, Milton R. Mor
gan, Jr., of lone, and Alex C.
Lindsay of Lexington.
Stew Dinner. Aids
Red Cross Drive
The Morrow county Red Cross
drive was over $60 richer as a
result of the Brahma bull stew
dinner served last Wednesday by
O'Donnell's Cafe, it was reported
by Frank Turner, drive chairman.
Over 100 persons were served
the dinner .which was provided
free by the managers of the cafe
and all donations were turned
over to the Red Cross drive
which is lagging badly, Turner
said. To date only little over
$1,000 has been received, slightly
over one-third of the county's
quota of $2,825. Turner urged
residents to send in their contribu
tions or contact their local Red
Cross solicitor.
NURSING STUDENT
AIDING HEALTH NURSE
Miss Virginia Jepsen of lone,
a senior nursing student at Em
anuel hospital is spending this
week working with Mrs. Velma
Glass, Morrow county health
nurse, getting her rural experi
ence. Mr. and Mrs. James Barratt and
daughters of Corvallis were
weekend guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Barratt.
An open meeting for women of
the community will be held on
Tuesday, April 9 at 8 p. m. at the
Heppner Legion hall with a
guest speaker and the showing
of two films on cancer, it was
announced this week by officers
of the American Legion Auxi
liary, sponsors of the meeting.
The showing is planned as a
kick-off for the Morrow county
Cancer drive which opens April 1,
and Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn, drive
chairman, said today that if the
county can again reach its quota
quickly It will be the seventh
straight year that Morrow has
been the fi--st county in the state
to make its quota. f
Mrs. Pettyjohn said that enve
lopes will go in the mail this
week to all residents in the
county soliciting their contribu
tion for the drive and that busi
ness houses will be solicited
personally by volunteer workers
early next month.
The Legion Auxiliary program
on cancer will be presented free
of charge it was pointed out.
P-IA Head Notes
Responsibility of
Parent in Schools
Parents have a responsibility
for visitiner schools, meetine
their children's teachers and be
ing able to answer basic ques
tions about the school, Mrs. J. W.
Staggs, Milton -Freewater, state
president of the Parent-Teacher
association, told members of the
Heppner P-TA last Wednesday
at the Founder's Day program
held at the new grade school.
Mrs. btagg's talk was titled
Don't be cool toward vour
school" and she emphasized that
parents should know the average
size class, available facilities, im
provements being made or plan
ned, and the size of the school
budget.
Election of new officers was
held at the Wednesday meeting
with Mrs. Marvin Smith named
president; Mrs. Kemp Dick, vice
president; Roy Kirk, treasurer;
and Mrs. Marion Huggett, secre
tary. Past presidents of the Heppner
P-TA were introduced by Mrs.
Robert Ferrell. They are: though
not all were present at the meet
ing, Mrs. Stephen Thompson, of
Pendleton; Harold Becket; Mrs.
Tress McClintock. Monmouth: E.
E. Gonty; Mrs. J. R. Huffman; The
Kev. J. calmer Sorleln, St Helens;
Mrs. E . E. Gonty: Mrs.
Oliver Creswick: The Rev.
Earl Soward; Mrs. N. C. Ander
son; Lowell Gribble and L. E,
Dick. Other organizational lead
ers introduced were Mrs. Ben For
sythe, Ryderwood, Wn., Mrs.
Gene Ferguson, Mrs. Harold
Cohn, Mrs. Marie Clary and Mrs.
Baine Isom, Pendleton.
At the conclusion of thp mept.
ing a silver tea was held with
Mrs. Leon Ball and Mrs. Ray
Massey as hostesses. Presiding at
tne tea table were Mrs. Adrian
Bechdolt. Mrs. Edna Turner anr1
Miss Marguerite Glavey, who
have the most years of service
in the Heppner school system.
The program included recita
tatlons by Sharon Bunch and
David George and piano solo by
Janice Martin.
County Cow Belles
Group is Organized
The wives of 13 Morrow county
cattlemen last week organized
a local chapter of Cow Belles,
well-known auxiliary group of
the National Cattlemen's Asso
ciation. Named president of the Mor
row county Belles was Mrs.
Claud White; Mrs. Gerald Swag
cart, vice president: Mrs. Rav.
Imond French, second vice presi
dent; Mrs. George Rugg, third
vice president and Mrs. John
Graves, secretary-treasurer. Mrs.
Swaggart was named chairman
of the father of the year contest
committee and Mrs. Pat O'Brien
chairman of Cow Belle cook book
sales.
A constitution and by-laws
were drawn up and will be voted
upon at the April meeting of
the group.
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Mr. and Mrs. Cal Sumner visi
ted over the weekend with their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. James Sumner and their
granddaughter Angela, at Ellens
burg, Washington.
HOSPITAL RECEIVES GIFT Jack Angel, right. Pioneer Memorial
hospital administrator is receiving a gift of 12 robes for patients'
use from members of Beta Omega chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha
sorority of lone. Making the presentation are left to right, Mrs.
Walter Corley, chairman of the project committee; Mrs. Bob Riet
mann, president; and Mrs. Eldon Padberg, vice president. The
robes are for the use of needy patients or others who might need
them. (GT Photo)
HEPPNER FIREMEN
ALARM IN NEARLY
Heppner firemen answered a
general alarm Sunday afternoon
finally putting an end to the
longest "dry spell" in fire calls
in many, many years. And, as it
turned out the call was practi
cally unnecessary.
The call came from residents
along Willow creek In the upper
end of town where workmen for
the new Hope Lutheran church
were burning an old building to
make way for a parking area for
the church. The building had
been knocked down, but it burned
briskly and as long as the fire
BAND OF WILD TURKEYS WILL BE
INTRODUCED IN COUNTY NEXT WEEK
A new game bird, wild tur
keys, will be introduced into
Morrow county next week through
the efforts of a group of local
sportsmen. A breeding flock of
the birds will arrive In Heppner
April 2 and will be released in
two areas in the hope they will
eventually reproduce in suffi
cient quantity to allow hunting.
Fifteen of the birds were or
dered from the east and paid for
by Orville Cutsforth, Gar Leyva
and 14 other interested persons.
Jim Valentine of Heppner is pay
ing the freight bill on the birds
which will arrive Tuesday at the
Labhart New Elks
Exalted, Ruler
William L. Labhart was named
exalted ruler of the Heppner Elks
lodge Thursday and will take
over as head of the organiza
tion from LaVenie Van Marter
Jr. April 4.
Other officers for the coming
year are John Hartman, leadfng
knight; Delmer Jordan, loyal
knight; Everett Keithley, lectur
ing knight; Jack Bailey, secre
tary; H. D. McCurdy, Jr., treas
urer; E. E. Peck, tiler and R. B.
Ferguson, Jack Van Winkle and
LaVerne Van Marter, Jr. trustees.
Three appointive officers will
be named at the April 4 meet
ing when all will be installed.
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Civil Defense
Director Named
Norman C. Nelson of Boardman
this week was named civil de
fense director for Morrow county.
The appointment was made by
the county court.
Nelson replaces Bradley Fan
cher, former district attorney,
who resigned recently when he
moved from Heppner. He has
been active in civil defense work
in the Boardman area and plans
a more active county-wide or
ganization for disaster needs.
SPECIAL WELDING CLASS
DEMONSTRATION SET
A hard surfacing demonstra
tion will be put on at the Heppner
high school ag shop Tuesday,
April 2 by a representative of
Stoody it is announced.
Interested persons are asked
to bring welding goggles and a
plow share that needs hard sur
facing as it will be needed for
the demonstration.
EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Heppner Tuesday,
April 9 at the court house be
tween the hours of 9:30 a. m. and
3:30 p. m., the state department
of motor vehicles announces.
ANSWER FIRST
FIVE MONTHS
men were called they cooled
down surrounding grass and
power poles.
The alarm was the first that
Heppner firemen had received
since October 31, 1956 and had
they been able to go one more
week they would have complted
five full months without an
alarm of any kind.
Later Sunday evening a silent
run was made to Central Market
where a sidewalk trash can was
burning brightly, apparently
having been started from a light
ed cigarette. Total damage: a
little scorched paint on the can.
Heppner depot.
Twelve hens and one gobbler
will be released in the vicinity of
Cutsforth Park and two hens and
a gobbler at the Cutsforth Sand
Hollow ranch.
The turkeys are subject to
Oregon state game commission
laws and the area will be con
trolled by them. It was neces
sary to get the commission's per
mission to introduce them to this
area. It was pointed out that the
birds will be released on a trial
basis in the hope that a sizeable
flock will develop and that In
future years they can be hunted
as other game birds.
The men who have introduced
them ask the cooperation of resi
dents of the area in protecting
the birds from harm and Cuts
forth Is offering a reward of $250
for information on anyone mo
lesting them.
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Chamber Opposes
Measure to Control
Freight Minimums
The chamber of commerce Mon.
day went on record as opposing
a measure now in the legislature
which would authorize the state
public utilities commissioner to
set both maximum and mini
mum freight rates in the state.
District representatives were ad
vised of the chamber's stand and
urged to oppose the measure
when it comes to a vote.
It was felt by chamber mem
bers that the bill could work to
the disadvantage of this area if
minimum rates could also be set
by the commission.
The group viewed two films
on modern kitchens and a wild
life film by the state game com
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SOLOS Navy Ens. Donald E.
Elake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
J. Blake, made his first solo
flight Feb. 27 at Pensacola,
Fla. In addition to solo flights
he is receiving training in
communications, navigation,
engineering, athletics, aero
logy, etc. at the Saufley Field
Naval Air Station.
A sr.ow detph of 19.2 inches
with a water content of 7.8 inches
was reported on the Arbuckle
mountain snow course In the
mountains above Heppner, ac
cording to measurements taken
Monday by Tom Wilson of the
Soil Conservation service. Water
content is 28 per cent below nor
mal of the long time average of
10.8 inches for this time of year.
March measurements are high
er than other readings taken this
year with 16 inches of snow and
3.4 Inches water content the end
of January and 12 inches of snow
with 5.8 inches of water the end
of February.
Measurements taken last year
at this time were 36 inches of
snow with a water content of 15.5
inches and at the end of'March,
1955 water content was 14.2
inches. Water content is 50 per
cent below the total at this time
last year.
Considerable water has already
left the watershed and lower
Willow creek and Butter creek
have had irrigation water for the
past six weeks, Wilson said.
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Lexington School
Breakin Nets Robber
Only Small Amount
The Lexington school was en
tered sometime during the past
weekend and robbed of $23.33,
sheriff C. J. D. Bauman reports.
The burglar cut the hasp on a
locked strongbox, removed the
money and replaced the lock in
such a manner that the loss was
not noticed by superintendent
Dale Waddill until he had open
ed the box Monday morning. It
is not known how entry to the
building was gained.
The sheriff and state police
officer William Labhart investi
gated the breakin.
Livestock Prices
Remain Strong
HERMISTON The market con
tinued in the same groove high
prices and only fair volume at
the Hermlston Livestock Com
mission Co. sale Friday where 81
consignors placed 321 cattle, 161
hogs and 28 sheep on the auction
block.
The cold, blustery weather was
offset by some sizzling marks!
that included tops of $21.30 cwt
on steer calves, $18.10 and $19.70
cwt on heifer calves, $27.75 cwt
on veal and $20.10 cwt on feeder
steers.
Hogs also were strong with
fat hogs ranging from $18.20 to
$19 cwt and feeder pigs selling
at from $18.80 to $21.10 cwt.
Plenty of steer yearling and
heifer calves are needed for next
Friday's market, sale manager
Delbert Anson announced. The
market:
CATTLE Baby calves, 4.50 to
19 per head; steer calves, 19.40 to
21.30 cwt.; heifer calves, 17.20 to
iq in rwt
with few lights to
19.70; veal, 22.40 to 27.75 cwt.;
stacker steers, 17.30 to 18.40 cwt.;
feeder steers, 18.50 to 20.10 cwt.;
fat heifers, 16.50 to 17.70 cwt.;
dairy cows, 102.50 to 142.50 per
head; stock cows, none; utility
commercial cows, 13.90 to 15.60
cwt.; canner-cutter cows, 8.50 to
12.20 cwt with few Holstelns to
13.70 cwt.; shells, 5.50 to 7.80
cwt.; and bulls 13.40 to 15.90 cwt.
HOGS Weaner pigs, 8.50 to
11.50 per head; fat hogs, 18.20 to
19 cwt.; sows, 14.10 to 15.90 cwt.;
and feeder pigs, 18.80 to 21.10
cwt.
SHEEP Fat lambs, 17.50 to
18.70 cwt with no choice animals
available; feeder lambs, 14.60 to
17 cwt.
Those earning top prices at the
market included John Craig, of
Walla Walla, 18.70 cwt for 10
lambs of 900 pounds and 18.10
cwt for 18 white face heifers of
9735 pounds; R. K. Lallue, Her
miston, 11.50 per head for 14
Weaner pigs; Helen White, Her
miston, 19 cwt for a 220-pound fat
hog; Mrs. W. E. Brock, Touchet,
27.75 cwt for a 245-pound veal;
Kenneth Palmer, Lexington, 21.30
cwt for 17 steer calves of 12,560
ponnds and 17.70 cwt for a 920
pound fat heifer; Mrs. Fred Hoad.
ley, Irrigon, 15.90 cwt for a 685
pound short horn bull; and
George Clausen, Milton, 13.70 cwt
for a 1340-pound Holstein cow.
Mrs. Lee Scrivner has returned
after several weeks in Portland
where she was called by the
Illness of a relative.
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MISS JOANN BROSNAN. Heppner
high school junior, this week
was selected as winner of the
local United Nations Pilgri
mage contest sponsored by the
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
See story below. (GT Photo)
Heppner High
Girl Wins United
Nations Contest
Miss Joann Brosnan, Heppner
high school junior, Monday was
named winner of the UN Pilgri
mage contest and will compete
Saturday at Pendleton against
other local winners for a chance
to make the annual Odd Fellows
sponsored summer trip to United
Nations headquarters in New
York.
Miss Brosnan, who Is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Jerry
Brosnan of Heppner, was named
winner of the local contest over
five other students who sought
the title. She has been very
active in school and 4-H activi
ties being president of the Fu
ture Homemakers of America,
assistant treasurer of the student
body, secretary of the junior
class, a member of the National
Honor Society, Future Business
Leaders of America, Pep club and
GAA. She has also ben a dele
gate to district and state student
council and F. H. A. meetings
during the past two years.
Miss Brosnan will enter the
finals of the UN contest Satur
day night at 8 p. m. at the Pen
dleton I. O. O. F. hall where she
will compete against other area
winners for the chance to be
the one district representative on
the Pilgrimage.
Local Odd Fellows officers stres.
sed that the final competition Is
open to the public and urged
freshmen and sophomore stu
dents, who will be eligible for
next year's contest to attend
the judging and listen to the
speeches.
Judging in the local contest
was done by members of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce and the high
school English department.
Memorial Chairman
Named for Heppner
By
Heart Association
C. J. Coleman, of Heppner, has
been appointed Heppner Memor
ial chairman by the Orgon Heart
Association.
Memorial contributions, ac
cording to Gene Maleckl, execu
tive dorector, serve the living and
pay thoughtful tribute to the
memory of deceased relatives,
associates or friends. These gifts
are used for heart Research ex
cusively, and assist a program
dedicated to the conquest of
heart disease.
Acknowledgments of contribu
tions are sent to the families of
persons in whose memory the
gifts are made and the amount of
the gift is held in confidence. All
memorial contributions are tax
deductible.
Heppner people wishing to
contribute may notify Mr. Cole
man at Box 667, and he will sup
ply contribution forms and any
additional information. The me
morial program is entirely sepa
rate from the Heppner support of
the Heart Association which Is
supplied by the county's Heart
Fund campaign.
Students To Aid
Red Cross Drive With
Saturday Car Washing
The Red Cross drive will be
aided this weekend from an
other soucre when the Future
Business Leaders of Heppner
.high school will wash and
polish cars at Rosewall Motor
Co. from 9:00 a. m. until 5:00
p. m. Saturday, March 30.
The proceeds from the car
wash are to go to the Red
Cross.
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