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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.
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 8, 1957
Death Claims Two
Morrow Pioneers
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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.
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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
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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.
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" $' :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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.