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Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, April 25, 1957
74th Year, Number 7
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TORNADO CAUGHT BY PHOTOGRAPHER Last Week's Gazette
times story requesting a photo of the April 12 tornado resulted
in this picture which was taken by Bob Peterson. The funnel is
shown dipping down from the heavy cloud overhead and suck-'
ing up great quantities of dirt from farm land over which It
passed. This picture was taken from a distance of about one
mile and it is estimated that the funnel and heavy dust collec
tion at its base was about one-quarter of a mile across. This is
the first genuine tornado to strike this
The photo obtained by Peterson was a color transparency which
had to be converted into a black and white print, and it was
laxen on ine nenry reterson ranch. The conversion and "blow
ing up" resulted in some loss of detail, but the outline of the
iwister is piainiy visime.
Job Development Need
Of Whole State, C of C
Speaker Tells Group
Oregon's three major indus- or other assets frequently unxe-
tries, lumber, agriculture and
tourists, are all seasonal, with
the result that the state as a
whole suffers serious dips in its
economy, Phil Bladine, publisher
of the McMinnvillp News-Reels
ter and former president of the
McMinnville Chamber of Com
merce, told nearly 100 county
residents Monday night at the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce annual banquet.
Bladine told in detail how the
city of McMinnville had sudden
ly realized, four years ago, that
one of its primary industries,
lumbering and lumber process
ing, was shortly to be a thing of
the past and what that commun
ity did to prevent a loss of pay
roll and population.
The McMinnville chamber de
veloped what is now well known
as the "McMinnville Plan", which
is actually an industrial develop
ment corporation financed by
local capital, that set out to
attract new industry to the com
munity. Its results have been
ploited
Bladine was accompanied to
Heppner by his wife and was
introduced by Robert Pen and,
publisher of the Gazette Times.
Achievements Acclaimed
Another highlight of Monday
night's banquet was the pre
sentation of chamber certificates
of recognition by president Jack
Angei. Awards were made to
Mrs. Joe Tatone, president of the
Boardman Tillicum club for its
continuing civic efforts in that
JNnn Morrow town. Don Adams,
the newly elected mayor of the
also-newly-incorporated town of
Irrigon for his efforts in aiding
the formation of a citv and takins
over the reigns of the new gov
erning body
Mervin Leonard, mavor of
Lexington was presented a cer
tificate for that town for its pro-
gress in building a modern new
ciry nail and providing adequate
fire Equipment for the commun
ity. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Piper
Work Day Scheduled
For Sunday at
Local Golf Course
There will be a siiecial work
day next Sunday at the Willow
creek country Club course start
ing at 9 o'clock, John Williams
club president announced this
weeK.
Much work has been done on
the course in recent davs. but a
work day by members and golf-
minaea non-members will put
the course in very eood condi
tion, Williams said.
It is also Planned to have a
potluck picnic at about noon.
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outstanding and the plan is now ' . lurf.' IUUUS P
.... ,.-,.i,.m fr thpr i 1 received their certificate for add
ing their 15 unit Northwestern
Ai a result of the concentrated and Jim Morris and shirl? K
on.inuntty eifort to meet the.nor,en. newlv PwtPH stto ni.
Ex-Heppner Woman
Dies at Pendleton
Mrs. Lena Glasscock White, a
former resident of HeDDner. died
Sunday afternoon at St. Anth
ony's hospital in Pendleton. Mrs.
White at one time worked In the
Heppner post office.
She is survived by twin daugh
ters, Mrs. Frances Moon, Pendle
ton and Mary White Portland,
both of whom were with her at
the time of her death, as were
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker, Ken-
newick, but formerlv of HeDDner.
She also leaves two grandchild
ren, Larry and Meredith Moon,.
Graveside rites were held on
Tuesday in Salem where her
husband Clarence White is
buried.
Power Line Job
Awarded by REA
The Collins Electric Company
of Stockton, Calif, submitted the
low. bid (J 597.dito.7ri-for the con,.
struction of 16.6 miles of 69,000
volt transmission lines and a 1000
KVA substation for the Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op, Harley
Young manager, announced this
week.
Construction of the line which
will run from Klondike to Bla-
lock. will be started within the
next six weeks and completion
date is set for August 15 to Sep
tember 1 of this vear. The line
will provide a more stable power
supply tor consumers in the Bla
lock -Arlington area and it will
tie directly . to the Bonneville
Power administration network,
Young said.
Other bidders for the Job were
Carlson Construction Co.. Baker:
Mattoon Construction Co., Hepp
ner; H. C. Moffatt, Inc., Trout
dale; Wilson Construction Co..
Portland; Sierra Construction Co.,
Portland; Bonneville Construe
Ition Co., Idaho Falls.
Funeral services for Clement N
Stockard, 41, well known HeDD.
ner druggist who died suddenly
early Sunday at a Walla Walla
hospital, were held Tuesday after
noon at the Heppner Christian
church.
Mr. Stockard had undergone a
relatively common spinal opera
tion Friday morning which doc
tors proclaimed a complete suc
cess but later that dav he de
veloped an extremely Hugh fever
which caused his death early
sunaay morning. The technical
explanation for the cause of
death was given as an anapha-
lactoid rsaction which is a severe
form of allereic reaction that
could not be controlled bv medi
cine.
Mr. Stockard came to Heppner
about four years ago from Stan
field where he owned and oper
ated a drug stor?. Since coming
here he was employed as a phar
macist at Humphreys Drug com
pany. Clement Nat Stockard was born
February 3, 1916 at Irrigon and
lived most of his life in this sec
tion of Oregon. He graduated
irom Oregon State college in
1910, and was a member of the
Heppner Christian church, the
Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges
of Stanfield and the Lexington
grange, and was active in the
Heppner chamber of commerce.
Just over a month asn Mr. and
Mrs. Stockard adonted a three-
year old Korean orphan boy, one
or the many Korean youngsters
nrougnt to tnis country through
the efforts of Harry Holt of Cress
well, Oregon.
Surviving are his wife Anita;
two daughters Alice Jean and
Mary Joan; two sons Clement
William and Thomas Nat; his
parents Mr. and Mrs, R. H. Stock
ard, all of Heppner. He also
leaves three brothers. Paul of
Caldwell, Idaho; Sherely of Prine.
ville and Victor of Stanfield; two
sisters Mrs. Teresa Davis, Echo,
and Mrs. Opal Capps of Salem.
Services were conducted bv the
Rev. Charles V. Knox with final
rites at Heppner Masonic cemetery.
In lieu of floral tributes, manv
friends aided in establishing a
Stockard Memorial fund which
will bo used for the colleee edu-
cation of the Stockard's voune-
est son, Tommy,
Creswick Mortuary was in
charge of arrangements.
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QUEEN CHRISTINE SWAGGART
problem and help industry es
tabhsh itself in the Yamhill
county seat, many nsw business
and payrolls have been added
during the past four years, Bla
dent of the Future Business Lead
ers of America and state FBLA
scholarship winner .respectively
accepted an award for their nut.
standing work and the many ac
; .,i . i rru i i i i """"""s ai'u me many ac
nine related. The latest . is aitivitioc th0 ua u:u u,
mob le home manufactufing FBLA chapter s undertakeni
plant the only one on the Paci-
i e coast north pf California. New
industries have been both large
"Mr, Chamber" Honored
Final award went to Frank W.
Turner, on 3 of the priginal mem
and small, but all have provided 1 tutmr,t 01 tne priglnal mem'
paychecks which have hePn 1 bc. ol. ,he Parent organization
spent in McMinnville. wnicn is now the Heppner-Mor-
,., ,. . iu i i Jrow County Chamber of Com
sald tnat development merce. He was named "Mr. Cham
and expansion can come from ber of Commerce" by president
within a community, and told Angel !n maki tnJ resenta.
how expansion of present bust- tion and he to)d how TlTrner had
nesses had aided I the develop. bpen a leader ln tne organization
ment. He said that one of the throughout thP years always
met important things was i to taking an active part in helping
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it wl want, to move into . . Master of monies for the
a genuine welcome, help in lo- evening was Gordon pratt j
eating good schools for its pr;nclpal of Heppner high whool.
workers children, streets, sewers 0p?ning tn t R8ev Lester
and water supply. He empha- Boulden gave he invocatlon
sized ha genuine help in trying lncluding a moment of silence ,
o understand an industry's prob. , mernory of clem Stot.kard Hepp.
: v ' "u"'6"1 6";ner druggist and chamber mem-
ber, who died suddenly last Sun
day. The dinner was served by
Overnight quests last week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin
Anderson were Janice Robertson,
Jo Belshaw, Stella Hawk, Patsy
Walker and their daughter Nancy
K. Anderson,' all of Eastern Ore
gon College at La Grande.
Mother of Heppner
Woman Dies April 12
Mrs. Jane Holeomb, 88, passed
awav Atiiil 12 in Seattle at the
nome ot ner naugnter, Mrs. Boyd
Gulick. She had made her home
in Heppner with her daughter,
Mrs. A. L. Casebeer for a num
ber of years until moving to Seat
tle late last summer.
Burial was at Sweet Home, Ore.
is much more important
The McMinnville publisher
said the whole state needs such a
development plan to bolster its
economy, but stressed that every
community must take advantage
of its own facilities and advant
ages, whether those might be in
dustrial materials, recreation
possibilities, tourist attractions
members of Epsilon Sigma Alpha
sorority or lone
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Loss of Ar
lington visited Tuesday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Troedson in Heppner. Mrs. Loss
is the former Carol Odom.
CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION were awarded to six individuals
or organizations by the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Com
merce at its annual banquet Monday night The awards are given
each year for accomplishments during the previous year. Shown
left to right, are Frank Turner, Don Adams, newly elected mayor
of the recently Incorporated town of Irrigon; Mervin Leonard,
mayor of Lexington; Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Piper, owner of the new
Northwestern Motel; Mrs. Joe Tatone, president of the Boardman
Tillicum club; Shirley Kononen and Jim Morris, officers of the
Heppner high school chapter of Future Business Leaders of
America. For complete detail tee chamber of commerce story.
(GT Photo)
Chamber Calls in
$1000 in Rodeo
Field Light Bonds
Another $1000 in rodeo field
lighting bonds were retired this
week by the chamber of com
merce and the drawing for the
bonds to be paid off was held
during Monday night's chamber
of commerce annual banquet.
Sixteen $50 bonds werp drawn
for payment and the chamber of
commerce which owned four
bonds, destroyed theirs so they
will not have to be called.
The following names were
drawn and if the owners of the
bonds will present them to J. H.
Huffman, treasurer, they will be
paid: Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.,
Robert Penland, Barratt Ranches,
Heppner Elks Lodee. 4 bonds.
Paul Jones, E. C. Dougherty, Larry
UDDies, Humphreys Drug Co.,
Phil Blakney, Soroptimist Club,
Frank W. Turner, E. C. Lynch,
Rosewall Motor Co.
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Religious Paintings
To Be Displayed
Here Next Sunday
Sunday evening at 8 p m. the
nine religious oaintines created
by Jeanette McAllister and Mrs.
V. L. Dyer of Hermiston will be
displayed in the First Christian
church at Heppner.
The pictures depict the Easter
story all the way from the days
of prophecy to the ascension. An
hour program will be presented
in narration and hymns using the
pictures as a background.
The service is being presented
after many requests by the peo
ple ,of the Heppner viclnitv who
have seen Mrs. Dyer working on
ine paintings. The services will
be open to the public. Manv will
recall reading about and seeing
inree oi tne pictures in an East
Oregonian story last week.
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Miss Christine Swaggart, Hepp
ner high school senior, and for
mer fair and rodeo princess, has
been named aueen of the 1957
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo.
The selection was announced
this week by members of the
fair and rodeo committees.
Miss Swaggart, who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Swaggart of Butter creek, was a
member of the Morrow county
royal court once before, having
been chosen as a princess in 1954.
She stands but a little over five
feet, has blnode hair and blue
eyes, and is an avid horsewoman.
When she was a princess she
made the statement she would
rather go to a rodeo than any
place else and that statement
still holds true, she says.
Queen Christine .is a member
of the Wranglers riding club and
seldom misses taking part in the
club's many rides and riding
events. She has proven her pro
wess on a horse on many occa
sions and has frequently won
races and other riding events.
Her father has also been active
in rodeo work here for many
years.
Though they are her first love,
horses are not her entire life,
for as any eirl who lives on a
farms, she helps. One of her har
vest jobs tor several years has
been to spot trucks. She has also
been active in 4 H work and she
enjoys dancing and swimming.
Queen Christine has broke several
horses, including her own.
Traditionally the queen Is the
first of the annual royal court
to be named, but Miss Swaggart
will soon know who her four
princesses will be as countv
granges are now selecting their
princess candidates.
Homemakers Set
Festival May I
At Fair Pavilion
Streams Get Fish
For Opening Day
The state game commission
aided prospects of local anglers
Tuesday when they turned out
jiuo legal s:ze rainbow trout in
two county streams, Glen Ward,
commission representative re
ported today.
The truckload of rainbows were
dumped at various, but unre
ported locations along both Wil
low and Rhea creeks and should
be spread enough by opening day
next Saturday to make fishing
very interesting for early season
fishermen.
Ward reported that another
load will be planted during May
with 3000 scheduled for Rock
creek and another 1000 in Rhea
creek. The trout come from Oak
Springs hatchery at Maupln.
Mr. and Mrs. ArchU Padhera
and daughter Mary Evelyn were
Easter dinner euests at the home
of Mrs. Padberg's brother, Lester
Harrison of Condon.
Past Week One of
Driest of the Year
Even though it rained .14 inch
during the past week, it was
still one of the longest "dry
spells" experienced here this
winter, the local weather report
shows. There were four consecu
tive days that no rain fell.
Temperatures warmed up some
during the week, but Wednes
day morning things got back
closed to "normal" when rain fell
and snow was visihle nn h
hills south and east of Heppner.
Rainfall for April now stands
at 1.28 inches.
Temperatures for the past week
were:
High Low Prec.
Thursday 56 34 .
Friday 60 37 .02
Saturday 55 40 .
Sunday 58 44 ,
Monday .61 37 .
Tuesday 58 37 .
Wednesday 59 35 .12
The Morrow countv homemak
ers festival will be held next
Wednesday, May. 1 at the fair
pavilion in Heppner and an ex-
cellent program Is planned, it
has been announced. Registra
tion has been set for 9:30 and the
program will start at 10 o'clock.
Main speaker in the afternoon
program will be Mrs. Armas Jak
ku of Hood River who recently re.
turned from extensive travels
abroad. The mornlnc Droeram
will include demonstrations by
unit members, group singing and
a short talk by Mrs. Ann Welirant.
acting recreation specialist from
Oregon State college.
The local festival, as are many
others in 2G Oregon counties, will
be held during National Home
Demonstration week, April 28 to
May 4. President Eisenhower
has supported this observance
with a special proclamation in
which he encouraged women to
learn new homemaking practices
and share them with others for
better home and community
living.
Child care for children over 9
months of age will be provided
here and mothers are asked to
bring extra clothes for the child
ren and any special food they
might need.
A no-host luncheon is planned
at noon. No charge will be made
but. table service should be taken.
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Polio Vaccine Again
Available for Clinic
The date of the next immuni-
zation clinic at the Morrow
county health department at the
Pioneer Memorial hospital has
been set for Mav 3 between 1 and
3 p. m., it was announced Wed
nesday. Salk polio vaccine will again
be available for the clinic for
all children between the ages of
three months and 20 years and
for the expectant mothers. Child
ren in the pre-school and high
school age groups are particular
ly urged to 20t their immuniza
tion for polio since the majority
of cases occur in these age groups.
Local OEA Names
New Officers
At a recent meetine of the
local Oregon Education Associa
tion the teachers elected and In
stalled the new officers for the
1957-58 school year. Gordon Pratt
will lead the organization's work
as president and he will be as
sisted by Roy Kirk, vice-president:
Arolene Laird, secretary, and
sianiey xioim, treasurer.
Several members of the local
association attended the county
OEA meeting April 22 at lone.