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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1957)
L I IRARY u or o EUGEKE. ( J R E . Cbpies 10 Cents Sewer Service Denied Residents Outside of City - Residents outside the comor ate limits of the city of Heppner will not be provided with sewer .service, it was decided Monday night at the regular monthly it-cuiig 01 me city council I he council made the decision aner it had received an inform al request from some home own ers along the Hinton creek road n:ar the fair grounds. The counc il expressed the opinion that it would be unfair to city residents wno are paying taxes for the sewer system and disposal facil ities, to allow residents outside the city limits to use the system. As an alternative to a flat "no", the council stated that if resid ents of the area do desire city services they may petition for admission to the city and it was pointed out that one small afea on the south boundary of the city was annexed several months ago and is being provided with fire protection. Sewer service has not been extended t0 the new area because the long sewer run and limited number of residents makes the cost prohibitive, in that instance. In other business the council accepted an application for two street lights near the hospital, but held up the order for install tion until the type of light is determined. The council received two com plaints from residents that horses and chickens were not being kept penned and were damaging prop erty. The city recorder was In structed to advise the owners of the animals that they must be icept under control or their perm it will be revoked. Building permits were issued to Mrs. Mary Johnson, alterations and repairs, $250; Empire Mach inery Co., interior remodeling, $300; Heppner Auto Parts, $1000, remodeling;.!. O. 0 F. lodge, re modeling of Phil's Pharmacy bldg., $1950; Mrs. Hortense Mart in, new garage, $1000. o Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 8, 1957 Death Claims Two Morrow Pioneers t James L Davis Will G. Hynd Dies August) 74th Year, Number 22 : School Youngsters I Need Birth, Health Certificates Soon One More Teacher Needed Locally The Heppner school board will hire an eighth grade teacher at its meeting next Tuesday which will practically fill the staff for both the grade and high schools, superintendent Joe Stewart said today. Several applications have been received for the position. Another new teacher next year win De Mrs. James Mallon, wife of the high school coach, who will teach half days serving as iiign scnooi gins' physical edu cation instructor. Another half day instructor remains to be hir ed. The only other new teacher in the system is Vernon Flow ers, formerly of Ontario, who will teach either the 5th or 6th grade. tt?wart said that the school year will tart on Tues., Sept. 3, with registration for all first graders and new students start ing at 1 p.m. that day All former students have been pre-register ed. Classes will start on Wednes day morning, Sept 4. Funeral services were held Sun c"iciuuun ai me Lexineton Christian church for James Lex mgron Davis, 71, who passed away, suddenly August 1. Mr. Davis Was born September 13, ifi&o, and was the first white child born in Lexinzton. Mr. Davis had spent his entire me in or near the Lexington com munity. He attended school there na participated in manv SDorts. and he was a lover of gardening having much pride in a beautiful yard and garden. For 34 years he made his home with his parents, Mr and Mrs. W. J. Davis, on a farm which he operated in the Blackhorse area in 1941, following the death of nis rather, he retired from farm ing and moved back to Lexine ton to make his home until the ueatn or his mother in 1941. Dur. ing this time he was employed oy me state highway debart ment. After his mother's death, ne returned to the ranch and made his home with his niece and ramily, Mr. and Mrs. L, Ruhl. He Is survived bv a brother A Glenn Davis of Bend; two sisters, Mrs. Mabla Gray of Hermiston and Mrs. Gladestine Mikesell nf ioppemsh, Washington and nu merous nieces Rev. Norman NorthruD nf tht Lexington Christian church, nf wnich Mr. Davis was a member, conducted the services. Bearers were Koy Campbell. Georee Irvln Marion Palmer, Cecil Jones, C. C. i. armicnaei, and W. E. (Ted) Mc jvaiian. interment was In the ramuy plot at the I.O.O.F. rerrie tery with the Lexington Odd Fel lows lodge in charge of grave- siue rues. Huge Fireball Seen By Local Residents The huge fireball which was seen by residents of four states last Thursday was watched by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson of Heppner. The Andersons reported they were coming toward Lexington from the Cutsforth ranch wfien the beautiful, brilliant blue fire ball appeared in the sky to the south. It was traveling in a west erly direction and appeared to explode while they were watch ing it. The ball traveled almost horizontally across the sky, they reported. o SWIMMING LESSONS TO END AUGUST 15 Red Cross swimming instruct or at the Heppner pool announced this week that summer swim ming lessons will be concluded on August 15. The pool will re main open longer for regular swimming, however. Relatives Here For Davis Funeral Sunday Relatives that were here to at. tend the funeral of James Davis on bunday were Mr and Mrs. Glenn Davis and Abner Davis, Mrs. naroid Kentner, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis, all of Bend; Mrs. l,. r.. MiKesen, carol and Dee, Toppenish, Wash Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Woolhiser, Redmond; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davis and John Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Davis and daughter, Mrs. Verna Robinson, Mrs Lydia McMillan, all of Port land; Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Wil liams, Brogan, Oregon: Mrs. Eth el Budlong, Salem; Mrs. Mable uray, Florence Gray, Hermiston; Bob Gray, Mill City; Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Halverson, Billie and Bruce. Pond. leton; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Claire Hunt, The Dalles; Miss Betty Kollas, Hood River and Mr. and Mrs. Vic Stock ard, Stanfield. TV Cable Charge Relieved ot lax Cost of the Heppner Television cable service dropped 28 cents per month starting with the Aug- x Dining, and a rnmnWo ust Officers of the Heppner P-TA this week again reminded par ents of school-age children that youngsters who will be entering the first grade this fall are re uired to have birth certificates nd a medical checkup at the lme of registration. Checkups ,,ri,! ... , . are also required of incomine William George ,ucle WIHI Ire,hman hll ,, not A at D,ll.. ii aiou iit-uijiiiiciiucu Jul SlUUtTUS, mni. ? ig ".P-rtlcularly those entering school cnffl r r '' for the first time this fall. ,tt. " auJ The local P-TA revealed that u7. , "'""' ao i it had ma nume in neppner ana had been in failing health since his accident. Services Wednesday- a memoersnip oi 245 last year and has set a goal of 300 I members for the coming year, Mr. Hynd was born September r.M.i. Ct-.. 22, 1868 at Low Butterby county, construction JtartS Durham, England and came to On Service Station.' Firestone Store V .-ft J - S?) N 1..-. v--lv A 1 Construction was started early this week on a new service sta tion and Firestone store ti be owned and operated by Pirl L. Howell, Union Oil Company con signee for Heppner. The station is located on Linden Way in the northwest section of Heppner and being built by L. H. Case. The structure will be of ultra modern block construction and!States will house the service station and accompanying Firestone store which will handle tires, acces sories and other car and home supplies. Howell plans to open the new 1 station and retail store about the middle of September. Heppner Band Slates y 1 Practice Sessions Heppner high school band stu dents were advised this week by Norman Peters, instructor, that band practice will start on Mon- aay, August 19 at 6:30 p.m. The . group will prepare for participa- j uun in me iair anu roaeo and 4 early season football games. I he grade school band will -J start practice Tuesday, August 20 U If 2 at 9 p.m. fM . o " $' :Mt. arid Mis StanL'Y Do and family are vacationing this week at the coast. Bank of Fastern Oregon to Open Here Saturday The Heppner branch of the ilar.k of Fastern Oregon will open its doors for business next Satur day in temporary quarters in the Empire Machinery Comoanv ounaing, t. l. Morton, vice pres ident and manager announced this week. Banking hours on its opening day will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. but regular banking hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily and 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays will be observed thereafter. The bank recently received per mission to establish a branch in Heppner and has purchased the loimer McClintock building on Main street, immediately south of its temporary quarters, which has been torn down. A new mod ern building will be built and bank officials expect to be in permanent quarters within about 90 days. In addition to Morton, other of ficers and employees will ineindo William F. Siewert, formerly with! ' tne nuisboro banch of the United tates National Bank of Port- ana, assistant manager: and l ii: J OLD Harvey Wright, who is now at the Arlington head office of the Bank oi eastern Oregon, who will be here temporarily. Other employ ees will be named later this week. Morton stated that all new stock for the bank has been sub scribed and that a special meet ing of the stockholders has been called for Friday evening to name four additional directors for fhe organization. Capital stock is set at $120,000 with $80,000 surplus and $40,000 undivided profits. Ownership of the stock is about evenly divided among Morrow and Gilliam county residents, it was said. Saturday's opening will mark the first time in over 25 years that Heppner, and Morrow county have had two banking institu tions. HeaoJ office of the Bank of Eastern Owon js at Ailincton and formerly operated under the name of Gilliam County Bank w I K 'HWMitll - - 1 ! PRINCESS JANiT WRIGHT Blonde Princess Janet To be Dance Honoree PAPER TELLS OF "WILD AND WILL G. HYND. a resident of Morrow county for more than 60 years, who died Sunday. WOOLY" HEPPNER DURING THE 1880' A couple of old newspapers, pasted on cloth and covering the walls of an old residence on Wat er street which is being torn down, this week revealed some interesting facts about old time Heppner. The largest section of paper still readable was a HeDDner weeiuy uazette of Thursday, De cember 13, 1888 published by Otis refund of all federal tax paid on at All Saints' Episcopal church witn the Rev. George R. S. Little officiating Interment was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery with Creswick Mortuary in charge of arrangements. Sllrvilfnor nra IKpAn U-u the service will be due members David, of Heppner; Charles and eventually. Jack Hvnd of Ppnd,ptnn . t, aloK The reduction in monthlv eis. Ma curio ra charge from $3.78 to $3.50 Is be- Jennie Lowe of Portland ' cause such systems were recent- - - 0 . ly declared to be not subject to,TI A D Li the tax and aDDlication made to the government for a re- It's Still With Us lunu uu an tax paia since the Canada when he was 9 years old. He came on to Heppner in 1892. He bought the Powell ranch in Sand Hollow and lived there un til 1944 when he moved to Hepp ner with a brother David and a sister Annie (Mrs. H. W Krebs). Last year on the 88th birthday. Uncle Will, as he was known to Patterson, but oasted over cp.. most Heppner residents, and his 'tion of it was a page from the twin sister, Mrs. T. H. Uennle) Weeklv Examinpr San Crannlcmt Lowe of Portland, were acclaim- of Thursday Morning (date un- ed as Oregon's oldest living set 'readable). of twins. He had never married. I There is murh inti He was a member of the Episc- 'ing in the vellowed opal church, Heppner Elks lodge papers which were found by Mrs. and the Heppner Masonic lodge. Herb Case, owner of the old house, Funeral services were held, and for the benefit nf Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. still around a few of the articles are here briefly recorded. BROTHER DIES Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones left Tuesday by plane for Ashville, North Carolina to attend funeral services for his brother, Floyd Jones, who passed away Monday. system nas been in oneratinn This refund will nrnhnhtu r many months in coming. Carl Spauldlng, TV accontant said jthis week, but will be mailed to members when it is received. o Softball Team Sets Tuesday Night Game The Heppner Softball team will play the Boardman Merchants on the rodeo field Tuesday night August 13 starting at 7 p.m. The game will be for the Morrow county softball championship, The local nine hasn't fared too well this season having only one win to five losses. Last Sunday the Condon Air Base team took both ends of a double-header from the Heppner squad. o Mr. and Mrs. poul Koenig had as guests over the weekend her sister and family, Mr and Mrs. Robert McKay and children of Walla Walla. Animals, usually dogs, a per ennial problem of the Heppner council and city and county law enforcement officers, were much in the news this week, though mostly unofficially or by protest from neighbors. The council Monday received two complaints about horses and chickens tramping down yards and gardens, and two reports have come to the Gazette Times of dogs killing chickens or nip ping at pedestrians. Animals, other than dogs, are allowed to be kept within the city limits only under permit Is sued by the city, and this permit can be revoked at any time if the animals or fowls are allowed to run at large or cause a jiuis ance. Owners are liable for dam age caused by such animals, it was pointed out: In the masthead of the Weekly Gazette is the note on advertis ing rates, it said: "Local adver-,his business." using luc per line. Each subse quent insertion at half rates. Special rates will be charged for personal digs and political slush." A front page double column ad called attention to the booming real estate values because of the recent opening of the railroad. It said, in part: "Heppner Real Estate, in any chosen Quarter. will advance from 25 to 50 per cent oy March 1st. 1889. Therefore sense. The two short years have come and gone and even now the slumbering echoes of the Hepp ner hills are awakened by the startling snort of the iron horse. line writer goes on to say that property values have not yet gone up, but that a man with means and pluck will make a cleanup because Heppner will be a city oi uuu souis within three years) Hie story continues, "The citv of Heppner contains at present aoout 800 inhabitants. The manu facturing business is confined to flour and beer. The flouring mills which have a capacity of 75 bar rels per day, are owned by Hon. J. B. Sperry and are a credit to that part of the country, having Deen built by Mr. Sperry at a cost of $10,000 The brewery is owned and operated bv J. B. Natter formerly of Pendleton, who Is growing rich from the profits of Among the business listed were the names of five physicians, four lawyers and two dentists. At the conclusion the writer made the following statement after remarking about the good sidewalks, lovely homes and nu merous trees: "In fact this same Heppner that erstwhile was con sidered the wildest and woollest town in the screaming west has The third member of the 1957 Morrow county Fair and Rodeo royal court, Princess Janet Wright will be the guest of honor at her own dance Satin-day night at the fair pavilion. Princess Janet, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Walter Wright of Rhea Creek, is the fairest of this year's all-blonde court. She is a 1957 graduate of Heppner high school and has made her plans to enter Oregon State college this fall to study pre-nursing. Typical of oth er members of the court, she is a farm girl who helps with cattle, gardening, housework and cook ing. She is a 10-year 4-H club member and has been a junior leader for two years In addition to completing 4-H uroiects in clothing, food preservation, dairy, sheep, health, hobby and art and woodworking. She was a champi on home economics judge in the senior division at the county fair and received a blue ribbon in clothing at the slate fair last year. She also received a red rib bon for her efforts in the style re vue at the state fair. She loves horseback riding and sewing and her other activities include serving as a delegate to the Junior Red Cross leadership training center, rodeo pennant bearer, co-chairman of the county IF YE committee and 4-H summer camp counselor. In school princess Janet was student body treasurer, secretary of the National Honor Society and a member of the Future Business Leaders of America, the Pep club and the band. Being a member of the fair and rodeo royal court is nothing strange to Janet's family for last year her sister Patricia was the queen of the show, also having been a princess in 1954. The dance in her honor will be held at the fair pavilion and will be given under the sponsorship of the Rhea Creek Grange. It will start at 9:30 and will feature the music of Rod Esselstyn and his orchestra of Pendleton. o Irrigon Man Named To FHA Committee he who hesitates about investing , settled down to be a nice, decent, win una out to his sorrow that mriving nine city, uestined to be Mrs. Stephen Thompson. JudY and Janet of Pendleton were In Heppner a few days the first of the week. at least one-fourth of his oppor tunity for gain in the year is lost." In the paper was a long article on Heppner by Homer H. Hallock in the East Oregonian telling of tne coming of the railroad and listing all the business in town. A portion of the list had been carefully cut out of the paper by some former resident of the house. The story said in part' "Your correspondent recently paid a visit to Heppner, Morrow county, the present terminus of the Willow creek branch of the O. R. & N. comDanv's rallrnad Two years ago that little city, 'way up in the bunchgrass hills at the foot of the Blue Mountains scarcely dreamed of railroads. Occasionally a man of noted ex travagant ideas would venture the prediction that 10 years time would see Heppner connected by rail with the rest of the worlcT, but such prophecy was regarded by people generally as sheer non- come one of the leading cities In the inland empire." The paper also listed city of ficials as mayor, Henry Black man; recorder, G. W. Rea; treas urer, W. C. McDougall; marshal, ihos. Morgan; councilmen, E. Minor, E. R. Swinburne, S. P. Garrigues, W J. McAtee, J. B. Natter and Geo. Noble. Several other old papers have been received In part from houses here, but this is one of the old est to come to light recently. o HEPPNER CRADS TO PICNIC An invitation has been extend ed to all 1930 through 1940 Hep"p. ner high school graduates and their families for a picnic at Welches Lake, near Mt. Hood, on Sunday, August 11 starting at iu am. i here will be golfing and swimming. For further informa tion contact Mrs. Bethel Coxen, phone Belmont 69466, Portland. Immunization Clinic Slated August 16 The regular monthly immun ization clinic will be held on Fri day, August 16 in the offices of the Morrow county health depart ment at Pioneer Memorial hos pital from 1 to 2 p.m., Mrs. Velma Glass, county health nurse an nounced this week. Diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus combination vaccines, smallpox and typhoid vaccines will be given without charge. Also free Salk polio vaccine is available for all youngsters up to 20 years of age and to all expect ant mothers. WEATHER The Heppner weather station reports. Thurs. Frl. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed Ralnfi August Inches. Hi Low Prec. 76 48 . 76 45 . 80 52 . 79 55 . 74 54 .- 77 54 .14 74 49 . the week .14; for .14; for the year, 10.27 Robert C. Smith of Irrigon is the new Farmers Home Administra tion comitteeman for Morrow county. He succeeds Carl Knight- en who has served his full three year term, J.C. Cody, the agency's county supervisor announced today. Mr. Smith operates a family type farm at Irrigon. The other two committeemen with unex pired terms are Harold Lcighton and Paul R. Slaughter both of Irrigon, who also operate family type diversified farms. Commit tee members serve 3-year terms arranged so that one member is appointed each year. The term of office begins July 1. A member completing his term cannot succeed himself and at least two of the members must be farmers. The county committee determ ines the eligibility of local farm ers who apply for Farmers Home Administration loans The com mittee also certifies the value of farms being purchased or im proved with Farmers Home Ad ministration loans and assists In adapting the loan program to local conditions. There are ap proximately 3,000 county commit tees In the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virg in Islands. Approximately 50 percent of the applications reviewed by the Morrow county committee during the past year were for operating loans while 50 percent were for real estate loans. Operating loans are used by farmers to buy qual ity livestock and machinery and to meet operating expenses Incur red In adjusting and improving their farming methods. Real est ate loans are used to buy, im prove or enlarge family type farms and to refinance certain debts. Loans are also available to farmers to establish and carry on approved soil and water conserv ation practices including the con struction of farmstead water syst ems, terraces, Irrigation and drainage systems. Farm Housing loans for building or remodeling farm homes and other necessary farm buildings are also provided.
