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itatte LIBRARY U 0 F 0 EUGENE, Q2Z. Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 1 1, 1957 74th Year, Number 5 McMinnville Man To be C of C anquet Speaker The chamber of commerce an nual banquet has been set for Monday evening, April 22, it was announced Monday at the cham ber meeting, and Phil Bladine, publisher of the McMinnville News-Register and an active member of the McMinnville chamber of commerce has been obtained as the guest speaker. Bladine will tell of McMinn ville's now-famous "McMinn ville Plan'" which was developed through efforts of the chamber to increase small industry and Jcb opportunities in the area. Additional details on the ban quet w.li be announced later. The chamber also parsed a resolution asking the state high way department's consideration of a request by the City of Hepp ner for aid in completing the south Court street paving pro ject. Part of the street was paved several years a'go but the city has been refused additional aid the last two years. The group also went on re cord as opposing the "Key Dist rict" school bill which is now being considered by the legis lature. It was pointed out by school officials that if the mea sure passes as presently written, Morrow county schools would lose between $40,000 and $50,000 of their present state school sup port money. Telegrams were sent to district representatives stating the chamber's feeling and urging defeat of the measure unless amended. The noon program included speeches by David George and and Johnny Jay Stratton, winners in the recent county speech festi val. Heppner Host To Hospital Meeting Heppner was host for a meet ing of the Eastern Oregon Coun cil of Oregon State Hospital As sociation held at Pioneer Memor ial hospital Monday afternoon. The speakers for the meeting were L. O. Aren, commissioner of motor vehicle accident fund; Clem Hogate, administrative as sistant of M. V. A. F.; Miss Gene Beach, program director for the division of medical care, State Public Welfare commission. The twenty five present rep resented the following hospitals; Holy Rosiary, Ontario; St. Joseph, La Grande; Pioneer Memorial Heppner; Malhuer Memorial, Nyssa; Burns Memorial, Burns; Wallowa Memorial, Enterprise; St. Anthony, Pendleton; Good Shepherd, Hermiston; Grande Ronde, La Grande; St. Elizabeth, Baker and. Blue Mountain Gene ral, Pfairie City. Local Honor Students Listed at University UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, A total of 338 University students earning a 3.5 or higher grade average during the winter term have been named to the honor roll. All "A's", or a perfect 4.00 grade point average, were earned by 53 students. On the honor roll from Hepp ner is Donald D. Casteel, fresh man in liberal arts, son ot B. J. Doherty. From lone, .Oregon is Shirley G. McGreer, senior in education, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Troedson. Mrs. Harold Peters of Baker is at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Peters. Holy Week and Easter Rites Special services have been set by Heppner churches in observ ance of Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Combined weekly ser vices will be held by the Lu theran, Assembly of God, Metho dist and Christian churches. The film "Behold His Glory" will be shown In the Christian church Wednesday, April 17, at 7:30 p. m. An offering will be received to defray expenses of the film. Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p. m. the Christian and Methodist churches will hold a candlelight communion service in the Metho dits church. Good Friday rites will be held in the Assembly of God church from 12:30 to 1:30 p. m. The period will be divided into four meditations and the public Is NEW OFFICERS CF THE ELKS LODGE are left, fr03t row, Jack Van Winkle, trustee; John Hartman, loyal knight; William L. Labhart, exalted ruler and Uelmar R. Jordan, loyal knight. Back row, from left, Everett Keithley, lecturing knight; Lowell Cvribble, esquire; II. D. McCurdy, Jr., treas urer; R. B. Ferguson, trustea and Ellwynne Peck, tiler. Not shown are John Williams, inner guard; Glenn Ward, chaplain; Kenneth Turner, organist; Jack Bailey, secretary and LaVerna Van Marter, trustee, , (Wilson Photo) MAIL RESTRICTIONS DUE TO GO INTO EFFECT AT POST OFFICE SATURDAY Just what the status of postal service at Heppner, Lexington, and lone will be starting Saturday remains undecided today, but it is certain that unless Congress appropriates a sizeable sum of money by Friday there will be some major changes. Postmaster James Driscoll this week received instructions that Saturday window service is to be discontinued effective April 13 but at the present time, he expects to be able to distribute incoming mail to boxes and dispatch out going mail on Saturday. There is, however, the chance that fur ther interpretation of the orders might stop even distribution and dispatching on that day. The curtailments as ordered by the postal department, call for the discontinuance of Saturday window service and delivery ser vice (the latter would have no effect in Heppner), the reduc tion of window hours to eight and one-half hours on week days and restrictions on the acceptance of third class mail after April 29. Also effective April 29, the sale 2ND LT. LEROY BRENNER, lone, recently received his Air Force Wings at graduation exercises at Bryan, Texas. Lt. Brenner is now stationed at Williams Air Force base at Phoenix, Ariz., where he is taking ad vance gunnery training in the F-86. invited to any part or all of them. Ministers participating will be the Rev. Willis Geyer, the Rev. Merlin Zier, the Rev. Charles Knox and the Rev. Lester Boul den. An Easter Cantata "The Seven Last Words of Christ" by Theo dore Dubois is to be presented by the combined choirs of the Chris tian, Lutheran, Episcopal and Methodist churches Good Friday evening at the Christian church. Norman Peters is director and accompanists are Mrs. J. O. Tur ner, piano and Mrs. Charles Knox organist. Soloists will be Mrs. Gordon Pratt and Mrs. Joe Stew art, sopranos. Gordon Pratt and Oliver Creswick, tenors and Vic Kreimeyer, bass. Easter Sunday services for the Lutheran church will be held at V A : ) j- urn- -y: I :.. .... I ' . : ff J ; Y I . i r j - I vv. of money orders will be discon tinued at all first and second class post offices. Driscoll announced that in ad dition to the post office windows being closed all day Saturday, the weekday hours will be chan ged to 9:30 a. m. and 6:00 P. M. At the present time windows open at 8 a. m. This change will become effective Auril 15. The restriction on third class mailing- would effect consider able amount of mail which is mailed under permit. All this type would be refused except for the mailing of medicines, serums, drugs and medical sup plies, the bulletin stated. Driscoll expects further clari fication of the orders before Sat urday and there is, of course, the chance that if Congress appro priates the needed money to keep the department operating nor mally that all or most of the cut backs will be rescinded. Easter Egg Hunt is Sponsored By Elks A children's Easter Egg hunt, sponsored by the Elks lodge, has been set for Saturday, April 20, at 10 a. m. on the courthouse lawn. Special prizes will be awarded and parents as well as children are invited to attend the event. Making arrangements for the party are John Hartman, chair man, assisted by Del Jordan, John Williams, Everett Keithley, and Kemp Dick. Heppner Bakery Sold To Portland Couple Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Herschell, Portland, have purchased the Heppner Bakery from Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hutchinson, it has been announced. Mr. and Mrs. Herschell have two girls, one pre-school age and one in the first grade. DEATH OF BROTHER CALLS BROWNLOWS TO IDAHO Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Brownlow left Sunday for Moscow. Idaho to attend funeral services for Ralph H. Brownlaw, brother of Mr. Brownlow. Mr. Brownlow died Saturday following an illness of several monUis and services were held Tuesday in the Idaho city. 9:30 a. m. at. the Seventh Day Adventist church with special music by the children's choir. At the Methodist church identi cal Easter services will be given at 8:30 and 11 a. m. witn special music by the choir and a solo by Vic Kreimeyer. Sunday school will be at 9:45 and refresh ments served to the children. The Rev. Ward Woods, mis sionary from the Gold Coast in Africa, will deliver the Easter message at the Assembly of God church at 11 a. m. Sunday. Rev. Woods will hold special public services each night, Monday through Saturday, during Holy Week at the church. . At the Seventh Day Adventist church the Easter services at 11 a. m. and a special afternoon service at 3 p. m. will be given ) & : s. - 1 S ' ' ' In -10 Pine Seedlings To Be Planted In Forest Area Approximately 45,000 Ponder osa pine seedlings will be plant ed in the Long Prairie and Bacon creek areas on the Heppner dis trict of the Umatilla national forest this spring, Vic Krelmeyer, District ranger, said this week. Planting will be scattered over some 800 acres of a 3000 acre area which was logged off last year. Calvin Weissengluh, timber man agement assistant on the forest, will be in charge of. the project which is slated to si aft 'April 29. Seven forest service employees will be assisted two weekends by 15 members of the Heppner high school chapter of Future Farmer of America. L. L. Rob bins, ag instructor, will accom pany the class which will assist with the seeding as a public ser vice project. One man can plant about 600 trees daily, it was ex plained. Trees will be supplied from the forest service nursery at Bend and will be seeded in open spots and where the ground has been torn up from logging operations. Other spring projects will in clude building 11 miles of new phone line from Opal to Bull Prairie with Whitmer Wright, district assistant In charge. Spring work including fence repairs and trails and road maintenance will follow. Guard school for about 60 for est service employees from the Umatilla forest will be hold at the Tupper work center the last week in June, officials stated, lone Honor Roll Students Listed Those on the honor roll the past nine weeks at lone are Mar dine Baker, Phil Emert, Linda Heimbigner, Kenneth Jones, Loy Keene, Karen Lundell, Leland McKinney, Melvin Martin, Leann Padberg, Grant Rigby, Bill Sal ter, and Kay Sherer. Those on the honorable mention roll are Ellis Ball, Louise Botts, Ann Belle Coleman, David Hatfield, Grace McCabe, Julie Rietmann, Billie Seehafer and Harry Swarf. Planned on Saturday by C. Lester Bond, of Spokane, Wash., president of the Upper Columbia conference of Seventh Day Adventists. Scheduled for St. Patrick's Catholic church includes for Wed nesday, confessions at 7 p. m. and mass at 7:30 p. m.; Holy Thursday, 5:30 p. m., confessions, 6 p. m., high mass, 7 p. m. to midnight, exposition; Good Fri day, 2:30 p. m., Way of the Cross, 5:30 p. m., confessions, 6 p. m., mass of the presanctified; Holy Saturday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m., blessing of Paschal candle, mid night, high mass and benedic tion; Easter Sunday, 9:30 a. m., low mass. At St. William's Catholic church in lone Way of the Cross followed by confessions will be Continued on Page 8 Pomona Grange Opposes Forced School Mergers Opposition to compulsory con solation of schools and turning public beaches over the state were opposed in resolutions at the county Pomona Grange Sat urday at the Rhea Creek Grange, The group favored labeling pro duce grown in the state with Oregon stickers. About 90 attend- ed. Legislative reports were given by Henry Baker who reported on tax bills affecting the rural elec trification administration and by Oscar Peterson who discussed discrepancies of taxation on such natural resources as timber and oil. Peterson further reported on the water resources in the area. A report on alfalfa, legumes and grass sellings, fertilizer plots and the soil bank and con fi.'ialioa reserve programs in the county was given by N. C. Anderson, chairman of the agri cultural committee. He announ ced that the state field day on the ranch of Kenneth Peck, Ix- ington, "conservation man of tfie year" would be held May 25 with the Morrow County Grain Grow ers serving a free lunch at noon. Peck will appear on a county TV program May 20 at the Pasco station. Guest speakers on the lecturers program were Garnet Barratt, county judge, who spoke on Juve nile delinquency "and Mrs. Velma Glass, county nurse, who dis cussed home safety. Other program numbers in cluded a reading by Mrs. Alfred Lovgren, tap numbers by Bar bara Bloodsworth, Jeannette Led. better, Joyce Howton and Jill Padberg and group singing. Fifth degree work was put on by the Rhea Creek Grange team. Taking the degree were Mrs. Prudy Casebeer, Mrs. Delbert Wright, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Rob bins, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jones, Mrs. Edith Babbs and Mrs. Wil bur Van Blokland. Joe Guttridge, state deputy, Hermiston, discussed Grange poli cies and the necessity of turning in resolutions before the state Grange meeting in Bend the first week in June. Pot luck dinners were held at noon and in the evenings. Plans Completed For IF YE Benefit Party The annual International Farm Youth Exchange benefit Fun Night will be held Saturday, April 13 from 8 to 12 p. m. at the lone Legion hall. The affair is spon sored by Morrow county 4-H clubs and all proceeds go into the fund to support the IFYE program. A program is planned that will be of interest to all mem bers of the family, lt was stated, and there will be games, dancing and other entertainment. County 4-H junior leaders play a big part in planning the evening. COW BELLES TO MEET THURSDAY The Morrow county Cow Belles will hold a business meeting on Thursday, April 18, at 2 p. m. at the clubhouse. All prospective members are invited to attend. CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET The Heppner Civic League will meet Monday evening, April 15 at 8:00 p. m. at All Saints' Epis copal parish house. v ' - L - ' -J i SERVICE PINS AWARDED George T. Bragg, vice president and general manager of Pacific Power and light, (left) awarded service pins to J. R. Huffman and Frederick Gimbel of Heppner when PP&L employees from here attended Northeastern Oregon meeting held recently in Pendleton. Huffman received a 25 year pin and Gimbel a five year award. Fair and Rodeo Dates Set Aug. 29 Morrow county fair and rodeovvill remain on the board as cor- dates wore set for Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 at a recent meeting of the fair and rodeo committees, N. C. Anderson, secretary, has repor ted. The fair will be held the first three days and the rodeo on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Fair admissions will be free again this year and rodeo tickets will be the same as last year. Efforts are going forth to secure a carnival during the show. Les Wyman was elected to a three year term on the rodeo ooard to fill the unexpired term of Bill ilealy and John Eubanks was reappointed to a three year term. Ucrnard Doherty was re appointed to a three year term on tile fair committee. Carl Spaulding was appointed secre-tuiy-treasurer of the fair board by the county court. Anderson JOHN VENARD, recently named assistant cashier of the Hepp ner branch of the First National Eank of Portland. He replaces Robert Ferrell who was pro moted to manager of the bank's Mcro branch. (GT Photo) Venard Named To First National Staff John A. Venard, who has 13 years experience in an pnases of banking, has been appointed assistant cashier and general loan officer at the - Heppner branch of First National bank of Portland, it was announced Wed nesday by J. H. Bedford, manager. Venard has served in four First National offices, the most recent a six-month temporary assign ment as officer in charge at Waldport. He joined First Na tional as a field collector in 1918 after working in several Wash ington banks and later served as installment loan officer at Lake view and Hood River branches. In 1954 he was elevated to a post in the installment credit loan division in Portland and prior to taking the temporary assignment at Waldport, Venard spent a year in the head office loan depart ment. The new officer of the local bank is a member of the Elks, Masons, Eastern Star and Amerl. can Legion. o HOSPITAL HAS NEW NURSE Mrs. Marie Jean Radloff and two sons Steven, 9 and Harry, Jr., 5 arrived this week from Aberdeen, South Dakota to make their home. Mrs. Radloff, who is a regis tered nurse, will be employed by Pioner Memorial hospital. She is a graduate of St. Luke's hospital t fo Sept. 1 responding secretary. Mac C. Mas- Coy, Irrigon, was appointed to fill the term of Willard Jones, Irrigon. Vacancies still to be filled in clude a three year term on the fair committee vacated by Mrs. John Graves, resigned a n d a one year term to fill the vacan cy of Raymond Ferguson who has been named a member of the overall county fair board. Fifteen Grange representa tives attended the meeting and reviewed the requirements for selecting the royal court. Granges and the Tillieum club of Board man will continue to select the princesses as in the past. Plans for a 30 by 60 foot build ing estimated at $9300 for 4-H home economic exhibits and demonstrations were submitted to the fair board by members of a 411 building committee at a board meeting Friday night at the county agent's office. The fair board proposed that the 4-H help with labor or money -and suggested that the building be paid for over a two year period, a request that half the amount be included in this year's budget will be submitted to the county budget committee meeting in May. Estimated costs of the build ing, which would be attached to the west end of the fair pavilion, include equipment, heating, light ing and all other facilities. Plans were drawn by Harold Beach of Lexington. The board approved a new 4-H hog wash rack to be located out side the hog barn, Improvements on the beef wash rack and build ing of mangers In the 4-H beef barn following requests from the 4-H agricultlral leader's commit tee represented by John Graves. The possibility of using the fair pavilion for roller skating was requested by the Rev. Lester Boulden who pointed out the need for local youth activities. While no action was 4aken, the fair board was in favor of the plan if the floor could be used as it is or put In shape without too much expenditure. Charles Carlson was named to check with a building contractor on the stat us of the floor. The budget will be made up in May and bids let on printing the premium list and other fair materials, officials said. Attending the meeting were Raymond Ferguson, Carlson, An derson, Spaulding, Graves, Rev. Boulden and building committee representatives. o EOCE Choir Concert At School Tuesday The Eastern Oregon college choir of 50 members will pre sent a concert at Heppner high school Tuesday, April 16, at 9 a. m. under the direction of Neil Wilson, Instructor in vocal music. Featured soloist will be Miss Janice Robertson, college sopho more from Forest Grove, who has been selected as a finalist to compete in the American Feder ated Music clubs national audi tions at Columbus, Ohio this month. The choir is making a three-day tour of towns in this area. The group will also present a concert at the lone school at 11 a. m. and the Lexington school at 2 p. m. the same day.