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CONSERVATION FAMILY Kenneth Peck, center, was host with his
wife Lucille, right, and their children Stephen and Martha, for a
Conservation Week tour of their ranch last Saturday. Peck was
named 1956 Conservation Man of the Year and visitors were
given the opportunity to view the numerous fanning practices
which won he title for him. On the left is Burton Peck, an uncle
of Kenneth's, who farms nearby and only recently was named
Morrow county Conservation Man for 1957. He told of the his
tory of the farm that Kenneth now farms. (Photo by Irene Wilson)
Complete 1957
Fair and Rodeo
Royal Court Named
The entire court has been
named for the 1957 Morrow
county fair and rodeo, it was
fpvealed this week, and Mrs.
Don Heliker of lone has been se
lected as chaperon for the queen
and her princesses.
Christine Swaggart, Heppner
high school senior, was named
queen several weeks ago and
her complete court Includes prin
cesses Janet Wright, sponsored
by Rhea Creek grange; Barbara
Steagall, Lexington grange rep
resentative; Sharon Cutsforth,
""who will - represent ' Willows
grange at lone; and Dorena Co
der, who is sponsored by the Til
licum club of Boardman.
The court this year, for the
first time in its History, is com
posed entirely of blondes, and
the group will shortly be making
personal appearances at many
other Eastern Oregon rodeos and
shows.
The girls were taken to Pen
dleton Saturday to be fitted for
their pink royal court outfits,
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Savings Bond Sales
Drop in County
Word was received today by
savings bonds committee chair
man Jack Bedford that sales of E
and H savings bonds here last
month totaled $4,767, compared
with sales of $16,560 in April of
1956.
"Sales of E bonds in Oregon
last month were . greater than
they were a year ago', said Bed
ford, but the drop in the sales of
H bonds, usually bought by in
vestors, was more than enough
to off-set the gain in the famous
series E. Savings bonds leaders
all over the state are hopeful that
the new 3 interest rate which
was made legal when President
Eisenhower signed the enabling
legislation on April 20, will result
in improved sales in May as the
public becomes familiar with the
new and improved earnings".
Bond sales for the first four
months of this year are $129,359,
well ahead of the sales for the
same period last year of $86,
G96. Heppner Army Man
Trains in Germany
GRAFENWOHR, GERMA N Y
(ATHNO Army PFC Jerry W.
Buschke, son of Mr. and Mrs.
"Claude Buschke, Heppner, re
cently participated in a three
week field training maneuver
with the 10th Infantry Division
86th Regiment in Germany.
Buschke is a gunner in the
regiment's Company G. He en
tered the Army in April 1956,
completed basic training at Fort
Ord, Calif., and arrived in
Europe last November.
The 20-year-old soldier is a
1954 graduate of Heppner high
school.
EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Heppner Tuesday,
June 4 at the court house from
9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. according
to an announcement from the
state department of motor vehicles.
Conservation Farm
Tour of State
Winner's Ranch
Attracts Over 200
Well over 200 persons Saturday
inspected the ranch of Kenneth
Peck, Lexington, which last year
won for its owner the title of
state Conservation Man of the
Year. .
The all-day field day was set
to give the state's farmers an
opportunity to examine the farm
ing operations which were ac
claimed by the Oregon Wheat
Growers League special conser
vation committee as the top ranch
in Oregon in conservation prac
tices. On the program were several
members, of the League, Vernon
Munkers, president of the Mor
row county Wheat Growers, and
James Miller, market editor of
The Oregonian. .......
In the morning a film and an
explanation of Peck's conserva
tion practices was shown and
following a noon lunch a tour of
the entire farm operation was
conducted by the Pecks. Viewed
were reclaimed fields now grow
ing hay, grazing alfalfa demon
stration seedings, sod waterways,
trashy fallow, strip cropping, ir
rigated pastures and wheat seed
ings. Machinery used by Peck
was also on display. The host
also showed the "soil traps" he
has used to divert high creek
water during rainy seasons to al
low topsoil to silt over his hay
ground.
Lunch was served at noon by
the Lexington grange home eco
nomics club with the compli
ments of the Morrow County
Grain Growers.
The state award is co-sponsored
by the state Wheat League
and The Oregonian and this the
first time in its 10-year history
that it has been won by a Mor
row county man.
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Local 4-H and FFA
Members Have Entries
In The Dalles Show
Entries to date in the 1957
Oregon Wheat League's 4-H and
FFA fat stock show and sale June
5 at The Dalles include 105 head
of cattle, 152 lambs and 109
swine. Participation will include
4-H clubs from Baker, Benton,
Deschutes, Grant, Hood River,
Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman,
Wheeler, Gilliam, Crook, Uma
tilla and Wasco counties.
Future Farmers of America
chapters at Heppner, Hermis
ton, Pendleton, Athena, Newberg,
Milton-Freewater, Corvallis and
The Dalles will be represented.
With registration slated all
day Sunday, June 2, judging con
tests for exhibitors and placing
of animals will be held Monday
and Tuesday, June 3 and 4,
The Mid Columbia Livestock
association handles arrange
ments for the three -day show.
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Cow Belles Slate
Business Meeting
Morrow County Cow Belles as
sociation will hold a business
meeting at 2:00 on Friday, June
7 at the club house on the fair
grounds.
Bernard Doherty will be given
a gift as the Father of the Year
winner and an award will be
presented to the membership
contest winner. General business
will prevail for the remaining
part of the meeting.
Heppner,
Oiling of Willow
Creek Road Set
For Late Summer
The state highway commission
early this week advised the
county court that it will accept
bids on June 6 for the oiling of
12.16 miles of the Willow Creek
road southeast of Heppner.
The bids will be opened at a
special meeting of this commis
sion to be held in Salem, but the
final award will be made at the
group's regular monthly meeting
later in June.
The bid call asked for the pro
viding of 26,350 yards of crushed
rock and the laying of 12.16
miles of type 0-11 oil mat surfac
ing. The paved section of the
road will be 20 feet in width,
with four foot crushed rock
shoulders.
The entire 12 miles of the
road will be completed by this
fall by the terms of the con
tract. The county has been working
for over a year relocating and
completely rebuilding the road
from the east city limits of
Heppner to the forks of Willow
creek at the city wells. The low
er section of the road is finished
ready for surfacing and county
road crews are now at work on
the upper section. It will be
ready for the contractor by the
time he is prepared for the oil
ing job.
The entire road has been
straightened and widened eli
minating all of the several
blind, sharp corners on the old
right-of-way.
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Ticket Rates Set
For lone Pool
The lone swimming pool will
be opened to the public starting
Sunday, June 9 with the hours
set from 2 to 4:30 and 7 to 9:30
p. m.
Season tickets will be on sale
with the cost being $4 for grade
school children, $6 for high school
students and $9 for adults. Indi
vidual tickets will be 15 cents for
grades. 25 cents for high school
and 50 cents for adults. Lessons
will start on June 18 from 10
to 11 a. m. and a fee will be
charged for this Instruction.
Private swimming parties can
be held at the pool after 9 p. m.
and anyone wishing to reserve
it for this purpose should contact
Joe Hausler who will have charge
of the pool.
Blood Drawing
Nets 78 Pints
Morrow county residents Tues
day donated 78 pints of blood
during the one-day visit of the
Red Cross Bloodmoblle. The
blood drawing was sponsored by
the Elks lodge.
The special committee hand
ling the project had hoped to
meet a quota of 100 pints, but
expressed satisfaction with the
response to the call for donors.
The drawing was considered very
successful by comparison with
last year when only 20 pints were
obtained.
One donor, L. E. Dick of Hepp
ner, Tuesday gave the first pint
on his second gallon of blood for
Red Cross use. At last year's
drawing he became a member of
the "Gallon Club".
The blood goes Into the Red
Cross blood bank for this dis
trict from which Pioneer Me
morial hospital draws its supply
when needed.
Aiken's Sold To
Portland Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamlin
announce the sale of Aiken's
Sport Shop to Mr. and Mrs. Ray
McDowell of Portland. The Ham
lins came to Heppner from Red
mond six and a half years ago.
They have no immediate plans
but will remain "in Heppner for
the present.
McDowell, an experienced
tavern operator, took possession
May 25. Mrs. McDowell will
move to Heppner the first of
June.
WEATHER
Hi Low
61 44
65 41
73 41
74 42
75 42
75 44
none, for
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
May 2.15; for the year 9.63 inches.
Oregon, Thursday, May 30, 1957
Highway Employees
Receive Awards for
Safe Driving
A recent tabulation released
by the state highway department
reveals that 845 highway de
partment employees earned safe
driver awards for 1956. Of these
employees 382 had records of
more than five years without an
accident,
Men from this area receiving
awards are Frank Davidson, six
year; Edwin C. Wilson, seven
year; Oscar G. Breeding, seven
year; Dallas M. MCDaniel, two
year; Frank L. Mooney, one
year, all of Heppner. In the
Boardman district were Nathan
iel A. Macomber, seven year;
Charles L.. Potts, seven year; El-
vin L. Ely, seven year; and Na
than Thorpe, seven year.
Awards are limited to those
employees who spend at least
55 percent of their time driving,
who work all year and who
have no accidents charged to
them.
The safe driver ; awards pro
gram is now in its eighth year
and awards made in 1956 exceed
ed the number presented in the
previous year by nine percent.
Crowd Expected for
Memorial Picnic
Several hundred out-of-town
visitors and local residents are
expected to attend the Memorial
Day pioneer picnic scheduled
for 12:30 Thursday at the fair
pavilion m Heppner. The guest
speaker will be judge William W.
Wells of Pendleton.
A potluck dinner is set for 12:30
with the committee furnishing
meat, coffee, rolls, plates and
cups. This is the fourth year the
picnic has been held.
49 Graduate From
Eighth Grade
One of the 'largest eighth
grade graduating classes in the
history of the Heppner grade
school received diplomas at com
mencement exercises Thursday
night at the high school gym.
The class comprised 49 students.
The processional and reces
sional was played by the grade
school band under the direction
of Norman Peters; the invocation
and benediction by the Rev.
Charles Knox and two choral se
lections were presented by the
eighth grade chorus.
The valedictorian address was
delivered by Jeanne Schmidt
and the salutotory by Fern Al
bert. The class was presented
by John Snyder and C. W. John
son, grade school principal, pre
sented the diplomas.
Members of the class include
Jeanette June Schmidt, ' Fern
Maxine Albert, Jerry Dale Ander
son, Lawrence James Angell,
Calvin Aldin Borman, Judy
Brinda, Daniel Kirby Brosnan,
Gerald Alan Bunch, Robert Den
nis Campbell, John Albert Cason,
Donald Oliver Creswick, Donald
LeRoy Craber.
Michael Paul Crist, Dennis
Kemp Dick, Allen Dennis Fer
gerson, Rodney Alan Flug, Di
anne Elaine Geyer, Thomas Eu
gene Glass, Ronald Dean Gray,
Thomas Lee Green, Stuart Mills
Gribble, Mabel Marlene Griffin,
Sheryll Lynn Harris, Franklin
Harvey Harshman, Jess Lee Gene
Hunt, William Omer Huston,
Sandra Marciene Jorres,
Kenneth Merlin Keeling, Elaine
Colette Laird.
Effie Cordillia Lane, Doris Ann
Morris, Francine Jan Moyer,
Nancy Kay Moyer, Robert Lee
Nichols, Marjorie Kay Peck, Le
roy Neal Penland, Thelma Jean
Sanders, Mary Kathleen Slocum,
Charles Hustin Smallwood, Mari
lyn Lea Thomas, Bernice Fay
Thomson, Larry Lyman Tibbies,
Mary Evelyn Tucker, William
Lanny Upton, Dorothy Marie
Vinson, Richard Elza Vinson,
Shirley Lois Van Winkle, John
Frederick Wallace.
X-RAY TIME CORRECTED
Free chest x-rays will be given
at Pioneer Memorial hospital on
the first Wednesday of each
month between the hours of 7
and 8:30 p. m., rather than 1 to
8:30 as reported in last week's
story. The service is provided by
the county TB and health asso
ciation. Mrs. Ray Scherzinger of River
side, California has arrived for a
visit at the home of her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Wilkinson, over Memorial
Day.
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LEXINGTON TREE FLANTING Members of the 7th and 8th grades
at Lexington school are shown planting one of the 33 trees set
out recently as part of the school's conservation practice. The
project was started last year by the first six grades and last year
students put their names in bottles under some of the trees. The
planting was on the school grounds and the extension service pro
vided the trees. Shown are, kneeling, Lois House and Tom Poin
ter. Others, left to right, Linda Van Winkle, Carol Palmer, Bev.
erly Davidson, Jim Steagall, Dill Parson (nearly hidden) county
agent N. C. Anderson, and Tom Martin. (Photo by Serge Coval)
Heppner High
Names Top Students
Hennner honor roll students for
the final semester are:
Seniors, hleh honor roll Laurel
Allstott, Francine Francis, Shir
ley Kononen, Alice Stewart, Mary
St'ewart, Jay Sumner, Meredith
Thomson, Jant't Wright. Low
honor roll Bill Brinda, Mona
Howard, Alice Peterson, Marilyn
Pettyjohn, Frances blocum.
Juniors, high Peggy Apple
gate, Joan Brosnan. Low Judie
Spaulding, Janice Beamer, Judy
Collins, Tom Currin, Helen Gra
ham, Carol Groshens, Eddie
Groshens, Jim Morris, Phyllis
Quackenbush, Len Ray Schwarz.
Sophomores, high Steven
Flug, Ren Harris, Janice Martin,
Low Celia Boulden, Sharon
Case, Bob Huffman, Kay Keith
ley, Susan McQuarrie.
Freshmen, high Carol K. An
Uerson, Tom Driscoll, Michael
Van Schoiack. Low Roseann
Ayers, Wilma Bothwell, Jean
Collins, Clifford Green.
Wheat Growers
Meet Set June 1
Plans for the annual spring
meeting of the Morrow County
Wheat Growers association are
nearly complete and a very in
teresting program is certain, of
ficers announced this week.
The meeting is set for Friday,
June 7 at 8 p, m. at the Lexing
ton grange hall.
Headlining the program will
be a report on the newly revised
grain standards which go Into
effect June 15 and a report on
wheat export markets in trie Far
East. Raphael Raymond, presi
dent of the Oregon Wheat Lea
gue has just returned from a tour
of the Far East cheeking market
developments there.
Again this year there will be a
cake baking contest and ar
rangements have been made for
a contest at the meeting. Women
are urged to take part in this and
also for the fair contest.
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lone High Lists
Honor Students
Students on the lone high
school honor roll for the final
nine-weeks period are Mardlne
Baker, Ann Belle Coleman, Sha
ron Cutsforth, Phil Emert, Linda
Heimbigner, Kenneth Jones, Loy
Keene, Karen Lundell, Grace Mc
Cabe, Melvin Martin, Leann Pad
berg, Julie Rietmann. Grant
Rigbee. Bill Salter, Billie Seeha
fer and Kay Sherer.
On the honorable mention
list are Berl Akers, Louise Botts,
Bonnie Crum, David Hatfield
John Howton, Frank Jepsen, Le
land McKinney, Paul Pettyjohn
and Harry Swart.
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Cecil Man Dies
Suddenly From Attack
Raymond Ellsworth McCray,
58, an employ of Hynd Bros, at
Cecil, died suddenly May 20
while at work. Death apparently
was caused by a heart attack.
Little information is available
on Mr. McCray other than that
his body was sent to Sweet Home,
Oregon for burial. He had a
daughter living there.
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Mrs. Richard Beardsley, Port
land, visited her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Gerald Swaggart last
week and attended the gradua
tion of her sister Christine.
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Sunday Accident
nvolves 3 Cars,
Hospitalizes Five
Mrs. Perry Wilson of llardman
is in critical condition in Pioneer
Memorial hospital along with
her husband and three other per
sons as a result of a three-car
accident Sunday morning on the
Heppncr-Spray highway a few
miles north of the John Day high
way, According to Sheriff C. J. D.
Bauman who assisted with the
county ambulance but did not
investigate the accident because
it occurred in Wheeler county,
the Wilson car which was travel
ing south to the Spray rodeo
collided witli two other cars
coming up the mountain.
Mrs. Wilson is in the hospital
with severe facial and head
lacerationK, skull fracture r and
multiple bruises. Her condition
is still listed as critical. Her
husband suffered a fractured hip,
concussion and facial cuts.
Others brought here for hos
pital treatment were Robert
Holms, 19 of Service Creek, leg
,and shoulder injuries; Ronald
Biles, 23 of Fossil who had a
sprained ankle and facial cuts;
and Bill Britt, 21 of Spray with
concussion and scratches. The
latter three are not considered In
serious condition.
Heppner Girl Named
Junior Queen of
Ukiah Rodeo Events
Gcraldine Swaggart, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. Gerald Swaggart,
was acclaimed Junior Queen of
the Ukiah Rodeo recently and
will rule over the events of July
4th through the 6th.
Princesses are Judy Johnson,
Ukiah, and Mary Lou Swaggart
of Ritter.
Rosewall Renamed
Local TV President
W. C. Rosewall was reelected
president of Heppner TV, Inc. at
the co-op's annual meeting held
recently at the Legion hall.
Other officers named for the
coming year were E. E. Gonty,
vice president: L. E. Dick. J. O.
Turner and Ned Sweek, board
members and Carl A Spaulding,
secretary-treasurer.
Cub Scout Dens
Enjoy Picnic
All Heppner Cub Scout dens
and their families enjoyed a
Pack picnic on the court house
lawn Monday evening.
Den mothers in charge of the
affair were Mrs. N. C. Anderson,
Mrs. Marcel Jones, Mrs. Kenneth
Keeling, Mrs. Riley Munkers,
Mrs. Merlin Wagner,. Mrs. Cres
ton Robinson, Mrs. George Ter
rell. Mrs. Ray Smith and Mrs.
Jerry Daggett have just com
pleted several years as den
mothers.
lone District
Sets School Meeting
The annual school meeting for
the lone district will be held
June 17, it has been announced
by school officials. There will be
an election of one local director
and one rural board member In
addition to a special levy for the
district.
74th Year, Number 12
29 Seniors Receive
Diplomas, Awards
At Commencement
The world is in need of trained
people and the high school grad
uate should develop himself as a
superior produce on the market,
Francis B. Nickcrson said in a
commencement address for 29
Heppner high school graduating
seniors Wednesday night at the
school gymnasium.
Nickerson, who is the son of
Mrs. Grace Nickerson of Heppner,
is executive secretary of the
committee on high school-college
relations of the state board of
higher education. He himself
graduated from Heppner high
school exactly 24 years to the
day prior to delivering his ad
dress. The speaker stressed the need
of learning to accept oneself, re
cognizing personal characteris
tics, meeting failure as well as
success and adjusting to adult
life. He said, "Most of us don't
do what we are able to do and
often blame the lack of money
as the reason".
Giving the valedictory address
was Mary Jo Stewart and Gerald
Sumner gave the salutatory
speech. Music included the pro
cessional and recessional by the
high school band and two vocal
numbers by the high school
chorus, both under the direction
of Norman Peters. The Rev.
George R. S. Little gave the In
vocation; Gordon Pratt, vice
principal, presented the class and
Howard Cleveland, school board
chairman presented the diplo
mas. Joe H. Stewart, superinten
dent, presented awards and scho
larships. Awards Given
Scholarship awards were pre
sented to Jay Sumner, $500, from
the Heppner Pine Mills; Shirley
Kononen, $250, North Fork Tim
ber company and $100, Heppner
Soroptimist club; Mona Howard,
$1701 Heppner P-TA; Meredith
Thomson, $170, state P-TA scho
larship winner; Vic Groshens,
$20, FBLA business grant; Janet
Wright, $25, Oregon State college
Dad's club; Jay Sumner and
Shirley Kononen, $46 each per
term, OSC state scholarship;
Mary Jo Stewart and Alice Faye
Stewart (alternate), $46 per term,
U. of O. Scholarship. Jay Sum
ner and Mary Jo Stewart, each
$200 and Shirley Kononen and
Alice Faye Stewart, each $100,
Elks most valuable student scho
larship; Meredith Thomson and
Jay Sumner, $50 each, Elks stu
dent leadership award; and Ida
Sue Stratton, scholarship to Col
lege of Beauty, Portland.
Other Awards Presented
Pins and awards from the stu
dent council were presented to
Shirley Kononen, Vic Groshens,
Laurel Allstot and Janet Wright,
student body officers; Shirley Ko
none and Vic Groshens, school
spirit awards; Jay Sumner, editor
of yearbook; Meredith Thomson,
editor of school paper; Mary Jo
Stewart and Jay Sumner, valedic
tory and salutatory awards; Sum.
ner, Meredith Thomson and Mary
Jo Stewart, names to be engraved
on the citizinship plaque; Dean
Connor, athletic award.
Jerry Dougherty, most valuable
football player; Mary Jo Stewart
and Meredith Thomson, U. of O.
school of journalism, Eric W.
Allen press award; Sumner and
Shirley Kononen, George S. Turn
bull yearbook award, U. of O.;
Sumner, American Chemical so
ciety award; Mary Jo Stewart,
honor award, U. of O. Dads; Sum
ner, John Philip Sousa award.
The sophomore class was named
as the winner for the new school
spirit plaque to be hung this
year.
Baccalaureate services were
held Sunday evening at the
Christian church with the Rev.
Lester Boulden as speaker. The
program included the proces
sional by Mrs. Charles Knox; In
vocation, the Rev. Charles Knox;
scripture reading and prayer, the
Rev. Merlin Zier; vocal solo by
Gordon Pratt; choir selection by
the combined Christian and the
Methodist choirs; and the bene
diction by the Rev. Willis Geyer.
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Mrs. Alma Gilliam of Portland,
a sister of Mrs. Charles Barlow,
is visiting at the Barlow home
for two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Peck of
Lexington had as their weekend
guests her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Urey of Eugene and her
brother and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Urey and daughter of
Portland.
Weekend guests at Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Padberg home were
his sons, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Padberg of Pendleton and Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Padberg, Jr. and
family of Troutdale.
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