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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.