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Page 6 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, MAY 16, 1957 County Pioneer Dies at 100 Years Death has claimed one of Mor row county's oldest pioneers. She is Mrs. Rebecca Ellen Patterson who was over 100 years old at the time of her death May 10 at the Masonic and Eastern Star home in Forest Grove where she has lived since 1941. "Aunt Beck," as she was known here, was the widow of a pioeer Heppner druggist who died In 1927. Prior to going Into the drug business he was a railroad man and was engineer on the first train ever to come into Heppner. Mrs. Patterson was born Febr uary 26, 1857 in Wisconsin and was married to John Patterson when she was 16. In the late 1800s they moved to Heppner and were among those who survived the flood of 1903. She was a charter member of Ruth chapter of the Eastern Star and was an active member of the Baptist church, though when there was no Bap tist church here she worked in others. Mrs. Patterson, celebrated her 100th birthday last February with a special party at the Forest Grove home and as her guest she had her great, great-grandniece, four-year-old Rebecca Ellen Col lins of Portland who is her name sake. Mrs. Patterson had only, one son Ben who died when he was about 70. She is survived only by two nieces, Mrs. A. A. Amort of McMinnville, and Mrs. Waldron who lives in Washington. She also leaves several grand nieces and grand nephews. Services were held Monday at the Portland Memorial Crema torium and Mausoleum where her husband and son are buried. BURTON PECK (Continued from Page 1) Heppner soil conservation district since 1943. Selection committee included Vernon Munkers, Lexington, pres ident of Morrow county wheat growers association, chairman; Milton Morgan, lone, vice chair man of the MCWG; Raymond Lundell, Eightmile, representa tive of the Heppner soil conserva. tion district; Bernard Doherty, representative of the county agri culture and stabilization commit tee and Kenneth Peck, Lexington, state winner of the 1956 conserva tion man of the year award. Ad visory members were N. C. Ander son, county agent and Tom Wil son, soil conservation service. Teck will compete with other county winners in the state con test sponsored by the Oregon Wheat Growers League and the Portland Oregonian. u Mrs. Kemp Dick Is New P-TA President New officers of Heppner P-TA , were installed last Wednesday night, with Lowell Gribble as installing officer. Those installed were president, Mrs. Kemp Dick; vice president, Kenneth Keeling; secretary, Mar ion Huggett and treasurer, Roy Kirk. Mrs, Dick was elected to fill the vacancy left by the resigna tion of Mrs. Marvin Smith, who is moving to Longvicw, Wash ington soon. During the program the school budget was discussed with Jack Flug, outlining the budget; How ard Cleveland, the needed re. pairs on the school; Jo0 Stewart, the needs of the grade school and L. E. Dick discussed school legis lation. The first grade mothers served dessert before the meeting and Mrs. Ilanna's room won the room count. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graham and Mr. and Mrs. Cornett Green were in La Grande Saturday and Sunday to attend parents week end at Eastern Oregon college. Mr. and and Mrs. Dick Feller and two children Debra and Terry of Hermlston visited last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ed Albert. Vacationing Soon ? If toward vacationing in Canada Your thoughts are inclined There is one little thing that Von should keep in mind! Your rgeular Auto Liability Service Card won't do! ' Nor is It any use to take the Policy along with you! Be sure to ask your agent for A special Canadian Card! It could save you some trouble And to get it isn't hard! hr For AH Your Insurance Needs C. A. RUGGLES Heppner. Oregon Phone 6-8625 Box 611 TP cy v sir1 IM :;,) I MRS. CLEM STOCKARD accepts a gift from Miss Leta Humphreys alter she was named the Christian church Mother of the Year. The recognition is given annually and the selection is made by a vote of the church congregation. Watching as their mother receives the gift are her four children, left to right. Tommy, Bill, Jean and Joan. (GT Photo) FLOOD (Continued from Page 1) farm lands which were planted to alfalfa and grains were washed to a depth of three and four feet with nothing being left but gravel and boulders. At the Ralph Beamer ranch on Balm Fork, the torrents came down two side canyons north and east of the Rnamor hmtun uaQhincr nut fencps and flooding barn lots with gravel and debris. A stubblefield in that area was completely cleaned of any remaining stub- ble and several wheat fields! were reported damaged from the 1 heavv rain and hail wh eh fel in some sections. Along the lower end of Balm canyon the path of the water is clearly marked by the lack of any growth where it swept alfalfa and grain fields completely clean of any vegetation. The effect of the water will be obvious for many months along the entire length of the creek. The Balm Fork road suffered from the torrent, which in sev eral places covered it and wash ed mud, silt, rocks and other fect. Explanation by an Armco debris down off the surrounding representative that delivery hills. For some time the road would be made by truck to the was Impassable to anything but,pojnt of use resulted in that com a jeep, but county crews plowed pany being given the order at a out the area Saturday morning, saving of about $300 to the city. So heavy was the downpour in The pipe will be delivered and the center of the area that in 1 laid in June or early July. Total places furrows two feet and more ' est of the two miles of pipe deep were gouged in grass and will be $18,270. sagebrush covered hillsides. o . Channel cleaning work along Willow creek which had been done by the city during the past winter was credited by many persons for preventing serious trouble in Heppner. Great amounts of debris floated down with the flood, but at no point in town was there any serious pile up of trash which could have caused a backup and more flood, ing similar to that which has occurred in other floods here. By the time the flood waters had passed through Heppner and started on down strertm, the peak had spread sufficiently to prevent damage. At the golf course, two footbridges were floated out of position and some fairways given a thick coating of gooey mud, but actual damage was light. The rise and fall of the water was extremely rapid. The peak was reached within 10 to 15 min utes of the time the flood first struck the upper end of town and it started to fall within another 15 or 20 minutes. While damage other than ero sion and to crops was negligible another foot at the peak would very possibly caused considerable damage in . several sections of town, it was felt by many per sons who watched. I Friday's waterspout struck in. almost tho identical area as did ' the one which caused the great flood in 1903 and others in sub- Medical sequent years. As in previous dismissed; years, the flood split, part of the flow of water going into the Rhea dismissed; J. Key, Heppner, dis creek watershed. The storm was missed; Mabel Davidson, lone; accompanied by some lightning Anne Sharp?, Condon, and thunder, but rainfall in' Minor Surgery Janice and Heppner was not excessive. o Special Flood Warning Siren Signal Planned As a result of the confusion resulting from the siren alarm sounded Friday evening to warn residents oi an impend ing flood, the fire department this week developed a special signal which, for the present at least, will be used only in case of flood danger. The city fire siren will be used for the alarm and the warning will be three long 20 second steady blasts of the siren separated by a 10 sec ond silent periods. Friday night many persons thought the alarm meant a fire and followed the trucks which were used to warn residents living along the creek. A regu lar alarm was used because no special signal had been set up. but the new one when sounded in the future will mean only a possible flood. o Call 6-9228 For Printing Needsl Council Awards Water Pipe Order The city council in a special meeting Monday night awarded a contract to Armco Drainage and Metal Products Co. of Port land to supply 10,500 feet of 8 1,1,1 0.ltu' 1U1 iMi"mu" in tne tys w'Ilow creek watr supply me. The company was bidder at $1.74 per foot, The action reversed committee recommendation that the order Su lo l"c .uuu iuw uiuuei, vvu erworks Supply Co. on a bid of $176.79 per 100. feet. The com mittee, on reconsideration, rec ommended the acceptance of the Armco bid. The original decision was based on the belief that the Armco bid called for delivery in Heppner, while the Waterworks - bid pro. vided for trench-side delivery several miles above Heppner. It was originally felt the additional cost of handling the pipe made the second bid the lowest in ef- School Budget Gets Voter OK An almost-record small num ber of voters bothered to turn out last Friday to vote on the county, wide school budget, but those who did take the time approved it 224 yes to 49 no. The budget passed in every district. The vote by districts was: Lex ington yes 9, no 1; lone yes 43, no 16; Heppner yes 80, no 27; Boardman yes 24, no 0; Irrlgon yes 62, no 5; Hardman yes 6, no 0. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Gene Orwick, Heppner, a 7 lb. 64 oz. boy born May 7, named Michael Gene. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosenburg, Condon an 8 lb. 15 oz. girl born May 8, named Mary Anne. To Mr. and Mrs. Lo gan Adams, Kinzua, an 8 lb. 9',i oz. boy, born May 8, named Wil liam Ed. To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Svetlik, Condon, an 8 lb. 8 oz. boy born May 9, named Gary Michael. To Mr. and Mrs. John Ployhar, Heppner, a 10 lb.. 3 oz. boy born May 9, named James Lee. i Frank Asher, Kinzua, Lois Pentecost, Kin- zua, dismissed; Alta Britt, Spray, I Richard Hutchson, Monument, , dismissed; Pat Hall, Metlford, dis j missed; Gladys Hadley, Fossil, j dismissed; Del Williams, Fossil, dismissed; Robert McNabb, Fos jsil, dismissed; David Hunt, Fossil, j dismissed; Jackie Brlndle, Hepp ; ner. ; I Mayor Surgery Claire Andre son, Heppner, dismissed; William Johnson, Heppner; Maryette I Wright, Heppner; Douglas Grib-' ble, Heppner. Nancy Anderson who is attend-' ing Eastern Oregon college at Lai Grande, visited over the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs Erwin Anderson. Long Distance Nation-Wide Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans Pcnland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 Heppner Grade School Winner of Invitation Track Meet Here Heppner came out the winner of the invitational grade school track meet held at the rodeo field last Thursday. The local school came out with top points in both boys and girls division. Partici. pating were students from Hepp. ner, Lexington, lone, Umatilla and Pilot Rock schools. In the girls A,B, and C divisions Hpppnsr garnered 67 points'Uma tilla, 35, lone 21 and Lexington 12. In the boys division Heppner had 65, Umatilla 60, Pilot Rock 39, Lexington 22 and lone 9. High point for girls was Robison, Hepp ner, llj; Anderson. Umatilla 10V4; boys, Green Heppner 10 Ellis, Pilot Rock, 10 points. Winners in divisions: boys class C 50 yard dash, Howard, Heppner, 7.2. Girls class C 50-yd. dash, Eu banks, lone, G9. Girls class A broadjump, Anderson, Umatilla, 6-9; class B broadjump, Robi son, Heppner, 7-7. Class B boys 50-yd. dash, Webb, Heppner, 6.5. Girls class B 50-yd. dash, Robi son 5.1. Girls class A shotput, Palmer; Lexington, 40 ft. Class C standing broadjump, Byler, Uma tilla, 6-9; Girls class A 50-yd. dash, Anderson, Umatilla, 6.2. Girls class B 75-yd. dash, Swag gart, Heppner, 10.4. Girls class C 75-yd. dash, Tholberg, Heppner, 10. Boys class C standing broad jump, Whit?, Umatilla, 6-7V2. Class C boys 75-yd. dash, Case, Heppner. Boys class A pole vaullt, Van Schoiack, Pilot Rock. Class B boys football throw, George, Heppner, HO'i ft. Class A boys 100 yd. dash, Brosnan, Heppner and Parsons, Lexington tied, 12. Class B boys 100 yd. dash, Winks, Pilot Rock, 12.9. Class A boys running broad jump, Green, Heppner, 16-7Va. Girls class A Softball throw, Slo cum, Heppner, 125.7. Class B boys high jump Ellis, Pilot Rock. Class C boys 10-yd. dash, Schrag, Uma tilla, 13.1. Boy! class B running broadjump, Mitchell, Pilot Rock, 13.7. Girls class B softball throw, Davidson, Lexington, 130 ft. 8 in. Girls class A 100-yd. dash, Crab tree, lone 13.2. Class B boys 220 yard run, Ellis, Pilot Rock, 28.9. Class A boys run, Parsons, Lex ington, 1 min., 1 1-8 sec. Class A boys high jump, Sollman, Uma tilla. Class C girls softball throw Doherty, Lexington, 112 ft. 6 in. Class A boys 880-yd. run, Green, Heppner, 2 min. 27.2 sec. Class C 2C0 yd. shuttle relay, Umatilla. Class B boys 200 yd. shuttle re lay, Umatilla. Class B girls 200 lyd, shuttle relay, Heppner. Class A girls 200 yd. shuttle relay, Heppner. Class A boys 880-yd. re. lay, Umatilla. Class C boys soft ball throw, Gardner, Heppner. o Printing Is Our Business I Call Us Now. Gazette Times Printing shop They're all truck. . . Chevy's handsome, hard-working pickups ! : popular half former II f Csmeo Carrier sharpest jiHlsV V M AC!" plckopooinyjobl Hr& -- V ffi V JwPZZ Ckl II s sf - ft ym&-ii vsT AwA 1 I 4 IWVMJ gi Only franchisee! Chevrolet dealers ; f Xl - Vm L j tYlMJM iff display this famous trademark I'PPi-' - H i fe aji i o?j" - i SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED 11 CHEVROLET DEALER V JJ lax Foreclosure Set by County The sheriff's office is now pre paring a list of delinquent taxes in Morrow county and will short ly publish the complete foreclos ure list, it was announced this week. The foreclosure will be the first to be held in the county since 1943. Appearing on the list will be all deliquent real taxes prior to the 1956-57 tax year and all per sonal taxes prior to the current 1957 year, the sheriff said. It is expected that it will take several weeks to prepare the com plete list. o Travel Films to be Presented at Elks The general public is invited to see two full length feature films and accompanying talks on Afri ca and the Near East which will be presented by the Heppner Elks lodge next Monday and Tuesday evenings. The films and talks will be presented by Dr. Theodore Jack man, well known archaeologist, minister and world traveler. Monday night he will present "Africa," and on Tuesday the film and talk on "The Jordan Valley Story." There will be no charge. lone Girl Named Girls' State Delegate Kay Sherer, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Harold Sherer of lone, j nas oeen cnosen a delegate xo Girls' State by lone Legion auxil iary unit No. 95. Kay has been class and student body secretary-treasurer, a mem ber of the high school annual staff, student council and Girls' League. She has also been assist ant editor of the paper and cheer leader. In addition she has been active in tumbling, trampoline, track, tennis and volleyball. Girls' State is hld at Willam ette University in June. Two Qualify For State Track Meet Two Heppner high school track stars, Tom Driscoll and Tom Howell, will go to Springfield this weekend to compete in the stats track meet to be held there Sat urday. The two qualified at the district meet last weekend at Hermison. Driscoll placed second in thej 440-yard dash and Howell first j in the javelin at district meet; to qualify. While in the valley j the hoys will take in the Pacific , Coast Conference track meet at Hayward field in Eugene. I With hefty steel-muscled truck chassis and high-capacity bodies! With the Industry's shortest stroke V8 or the 6 most famous for economy! With the latest in cab comfort de luxe features at no extra cost! W. ilii Civic League Plans Blood Typing Drive The Civic League will meet Monday evening May 20 at All Saints Episcopal parish house. " The League is sponsoring a blood typing project in hopes of helping the files of Pioneer Me morial hospital, which are very incomplete. There are not enough donors on file for the needs of the hospital. Willard O'llarra, technician at the hospital, will be at the meet ing Monday night to do the typ ing and all interested persons are urged to come and have their blood typed, not only to help the hospital but for their own per sonal protection. WEATHER The Heppner weather station reports: Hi Low Prec. Thursday 78 52 .35 Friday 66 47 Saturday 65 51 .16 Sunday 64 50 .11 Monday 5 46 .08 Tuesday 65 44 .15 Wednesday 60 43 .14 Precipitation for week, .99; for May 1.70; for the year 9.18 inches. o Former Resident Dies in California Mrs. Oral Fejdman passed away May 12 in Sunnyvale, California where she had made her home for the past 13 years. She had been a resident of Morrow county for many years and with her hus band farmed the ranch near lone now operated by Lewis Halyorsen. Mrs. Fekiman was very active in Eastern Star having received her 50 year pin from Locust chap, ter No. 119 at lone several years ago. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Noal (Katherine) Shuirman, Cupertino, Calif.; and Hazel Rizzio Berkeley, Calif. o Open House Set For Hospital Week Pioneer Memorial hospital will observe National Hospital week with an open house from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, Jack Angel, administrator, announced today. Guided tours will be arranged during those hours for all vis itors. In recognition of the growing need for additional hospital per sonnel, the American Hospital association has selected the theme "Careers That Count" for the 1957 observanance of the week. Pioneer Memorial is joining numerous other Oregon hospitals in observing the week with open houses and other special events. mi i ii 1 1 1 1 ii .i j Justice And Municipal Courts Donald Eugene Lamorie and Bert Alfred Beidler, charged with malicious and wanton injury of personal property. Held in county jail in lieu of $500 bail each. The lowing arrest in La Grande. The two men are accused of damag ing a car belonging to Jerry Schriener of Fossil. LaVelle Dick, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. Thomas Hall, illegal U turn, $5. Grant E. Baker, parking in re stricted zone, $1. o GARDEN CLUB PLANS rOOD AND PLANT SALE The lone Garden club will hold a food and plant sale in the lone IGOF hall Tuesday, May 21 from 1 to 5 p.m. Coffee and pie will also be served at the sale. WRANGLERS RIDE CANCELLED The Wranglers Butter creek ride scheduled for Sunday, May 19 has been cancelled it was announced Wednesday. o FAMILY GATHERS HERE Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Jessie Griffin were Mrs. George Mead, Mrs. Etta Dol larhide and her two granddaugh ters and a great-granddaughter all of Everett, Washington; Mrs. Flora Moyer, Hermiston and Mr. and Mrs. Sie Walker, Portland. Mrs. Dollarhide, Mrs. Moyer, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Griffin are daughters of Mrs. Mead and Mrs. Dollarhide's great-granddaughter is Mrs. Mead's great-great grand daughter. Mrs. Mead is 93'a years old and she will remain in Heppner for a visit over Memorial Day. o GUEST OF DRAKES Mrs. Elizabeth Gadeken of Kimball, Nebr., is visiting at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Drake. On Sunday the Drakes and children Susan and Alfred and Mrs. Gadeken drove o Spokane where they visited Mrs. Gadekeh's son, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gade ken and family and Drake's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Wright. o Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Anderson and daughter Carol and Eddie Groshens visited in Corvallis over the last weekend with Adella Anderson, who is attending Ore gon State college. While there Carol and Eddie attended a fra ternity dinner dance. They also visited in Salem with Mrs. And erson's father, L. Redding, who Is recovering from surgery. . o Mrs. Joe Hughes, Mrs. Frank Connor, Mr.' and Mrs. Cornett Green and Mrs. Lincoln Nash at tended parents weekend at Pa cific University at Forest Grove recently. , ,
