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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday; October 10, 1957
74th Year, Number 31
, County Schools
Reorganization
Meeting Slated
All county school board mem
bers will hold their first meeting
in connection with the reorganiz
ation of school districts Friday,
Oct. 18 at 8 p.m., county school
superintendent Jack C. Flug has
announced. The meeting will be
held at the court house.
An explanation of the 1957 re
organization act passed by the
state legislature as it concerns
the consolidation of school dist
ricts will be given. In addition
a county committee of nine mem
bers and five alternates will Be
elected to outline a reorganiza
tion plan for Morrow county.
Flug said each county in tfie
state has been allowed suffici
ent funds for traveling expenses
'tit the board members, county
committee members and clerical
costs until the purpose of the re
organization act has been fulfil
led.
'Grandma' Rieth
To Be 101 Saturday
Morrow county's oldest resid
ent, "Grandma" Ellen Reith of
lone, will be 101 years old Sat
urday, October 12 and she will
be honored with a quiet open
house party. Also planned is a
special Mass at St. William's
Catholic church at 8 a.m. Satur
day by Rev. Patrick J. Gaire.
Mrs. Rieth last year was given
the biggest party of her life on
the event of her 100th birthday,
but her daughter, Mrs. Paul
O'Mtara, with whom she makes
her home, said this year a quiet
open house is planned so that
friends may drop In during the
day and visit with her.
"Grandma" Rieth is still in re
markably excellent health and is
able to get around the house
easily and attend church services
at St. William's which Is only
about a block irom her home. Her
deafness bothers her some but
her eyesight Is still very good
for a person of her age.
Mrs. Rieth was born October 12,
1856 at Neosho, Missouri. She
came to Washington in 1860 and
has made her' home in either
Washington or Oregon ever since.
She has outlived all of her fam
ily except her daughter Mrs. O'
Meara and one son, F. J. Rieth,
Harrington, Wash.
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Boardman Woman
Is Still Missing
Still missing Thursday morning
was a 56 year old Boardman wo
man, Mrs. Clara Lovette, who dis
appeared shortly after noon Tues
day from her home near the Y
east of Boardman. A two day
search has revealed no trace of
her.
Her husband, Jesse Lovette, saw
her at noon Tuesday but when
he came back home later In the
afternoon she was gone and a
note was found saying she had
gone for a long walkand that if
she wasn't back by 5:30 for him
to go ahead and eat. She took no
coat or purse with her.
Well over 100 persons searched
Tuesday night and Wednesday
but were unable to find any track
of the woman who is 5 feet 6 In
ches tall, fveighs about 135 lbs.
has dark hair and blue eyes.
Bloodhounds owned by Myrom
Watts were used in the search
and they immediately took up a
trail for the Columbia river,
which is less than a mile from
her home, but searchers could
find no tracks. State police aided
in the search and it was reported
Thursday that the Coast Guard
was searching the river today.
Mrs. Lovette was said to have
been in poor health.
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DOLLAR POLIO SHOTS
TO EXPIRE
Polio shots at $1 each for pers
ons up to the age of 40 years in
a program sponsored by the Mor
row county chapter of ,he na
tional foundation of Infantile
paralysis in cooperation with the
county doctors, will expire Oct. 12,
citizens have been reminded by
chapter officers. The vaccine for
the program was furnished by
county March of Dimes funds,
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Mr. and Mrs. Keith In? us re
turned Tuesday evening from a
few days spent In Portland.
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
Portland, department vice president; Edith Ingels, Salem, de
partment president; and, seated, Nota Francis, department sec
retary. They will cttend the
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Freewater.
Immunization Clinic
Due October 18
The regular monthly immun
ization clinic will be held in the
offices of the Morrow County
Health Department on Friday,
Oct. 18 between 1:00 and 2:00
p. m.
In addition to the usual small
pox, typhoid and DPT combina
tion vaccines, the Salk polio vac
cine will be miven to all persons
up to 40 years of age.
Tax money and , March of
Dimes contributions pay for this
service there is no additional
charge made.
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Pendleton Man
New Bank Manager
L. C. Buchner, vice president
and cashier of the Bank of East
em Oregon, announced today
that Eugene Pierce, better known
as Gene Pierce, will become the
manager of the Heppner branch
of the" bank early next week.
The new manager is a native
Oregonian having been born and
receiving his early schooling at
Culver. He later moved to Herm
iston, then to Pendleton where he
has resided for the past 25 years.
Mr. Pierce was with the Pendle
ton branch of the First National
Bank of Portland for 15 and one
half years and was assistant
cashier in charge of its loan de
partment when he left to enter
a retail trade business with his
brother-in-law. For the past two
years he has been in the farm
machinery business serving a
wide area of Eastern Oregon
where he has made many av
quaintences with farmers in this
area and is familiar with their
problems.
Pierce spent 42 months overseas
in World War II and was honor
ably discharged with the rank of
major. While In Australia he
married Fay Baker of Tulso, Ok
lahoma, and' they have four
children, two boys and two girls.
The Pierces are active in church
and civic affairs in Pendleton. He
is an elder of the Presbyterian
church, a director of the Umatilla
county fair association and of
Happy Canyon; is a member and
past president of the Kiwanis
club, -and of FFA and 4-H club
junior livestock sales organiza
tion, to name a few of his activ
ities. The directors of the Bank of
Eastern Oregon stated that they
feel fortunate to have Pierce join
their organization and feel Hepp
ner will gain an outstanding cit
izen. .
Film to Be Feature
Of Lutheran-Meeting
The public Is invited to the
stcond in a series of 10 Tuesday
evening discussions on "What the
Bible Says" to be held at 7 p.m.
at Hope Lutheran church. The
meeting will feature a colored
film "Hidden Treasures" taken by
the Moody Institute of Science,
shows the microscopic treasures
of the world which are invisible
to the human eye.
The film and a discussion of
"What the Bible says about the
origin of man" will be previewed
at 7 p.m. at the Carl Troedson
home.
MISS CLOWRY RETURNS HERE
Miss Mildred Clowry, who operat
ed the Heppner Hospital for sev
eral years with Dr. A. D. McMur
do, arrived last weekend from
Gresham and started work Mon
day as office nurse in Dr. Mc
Murdo's office.
officers, left to right. Muriel Acton.
district meeting of the American
to be held October 12 at Milton
Services Saturday
For H. 0. Ely
H. O. Ely, 80, a resident of lone
for the past 71 years died Wed
nesday at Pioneer Memorial hos
pital where he had been confined
for three and one-half months. He
had been ill for a year.
Hiram Otto Ely was born Jan
uary 10, 1877 in Marshalltown
Iowa and moved to lone at tin.'
age of nine. He was married
to Minnie Palmateer June 18,
1902, and she passed away Jan
uary z, 1954. He nad been a
rancher in the lone community
for most of his life.
Mr. Ely was a member of the
I.O.O.F. lodge at Morgan and re
ceived his 50 year pin two years
ago; the Bunchgrass Rebekah
lodge of lone and the lone Wil
lows grange.
Services will be held Saturday
at 2 p.m. at the lone Commun
ity church with the Rev. Alfred
Shirley officiating.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Wallace (Edith) Matthews,
and Mrs. Berl (Margaret) Akers,
both of lone; two sons, Frank-
in, lone, and Elvin of Boardman;
12 grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren. He also leaves
three brothers, Charles, Coos Bay;
George, Salem and Fred of lone;
one sister, Mamie Bathews of
Custer, Wash.
F. H. A. Girls Attend
District Meeting
Twenty-one Future Homemak-
ers of America. of the Heppner
chapter attended the district
meeting at La Grande senior
high school Saturday, Oct. 5,
announces Joann Brosnan, F.H.A.
president.
Phyllis Quackenbush and Judy
Collins of the Heppner chapter
presented the devotional to more
than 250 girls who attended the
meeting.
Dr. Frank Bennett, president
of Eastern Oregon college spoke
to the girls on the importance of
homemaking.
Supandi Redjou, exchange stu
dent from Indonesia, spoke to the
girls on "Life in Indonesia."
Wanda Derrick La Grande se
nior high school student who was
an exchange student to Germ
any told the group of her ex
periences in Germany last year.
Girls attending the meeting
were Sandra Campbell, Julie
Pfeiffer, Rose Nash, Shirley Nash,
Sara Burnside, Judy Schmidt,
Beverly Blake, Mary Shannon,
Norma Ferguson, Shirlee Gaines,
Bern ice Thomson, Marlene Grif
fin, Jeanne Schmidt, Connie An
derson, Mary Johnston, Judy Col
lins, Joann Brosnan, Phyllis
Quackenbush, Janice Martin,
Carole Anderson, Joanne Collins
and Sheryl Crist.
The girls were accompanied by
their chapter mother Mrs. Jerry
Brosnan and Mrs. Jessie Griffin,
Mrs. A. M. Fergeson and Mr. El
mer Schmidt.
The 1958 district meeting will
be in Hermiston.
EVAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner
will be orr duty in Heppner at
the court house Tuesday, Oct. 22,
from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Dr. and Mrs. Doug Macauley of
Prosser, Wash, visited Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Norene,
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and Mrs.
Sara McNamer, both former res
ident of Heppner, who now make
their home at Willamette Manor
in Milwaukie, Ore., were visiting
in this area over the weekend.
City to Gain
Revenue From
New Franchise
The Heppner city council Mon
day night adopted an ordinance
granting the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company a 20 year
franchise to operate within the
city. The ordinance is similar to
a previous franchise given the
company except that it calls for
an annual fee of two percent of
the gross revenue the company
receives from its operations here.
In past years the city has re
ceived no revenue from either
the telephone company or Pa
cific Power and light, and sever
al months ago a similar provision
was set up in connection with
the PP&L franchise.
In other business the council
heard a report of complaints of
property owners on the west side
of town that during recent heavy
rains -storm drains had been un
able to carry the water. City su
perintendent Vic Groshens re
ported that the trouble was on
streets which were not curbed,
and that it was impossible to pro
vide proper drainage when catch
basins continually filled with
mud and debris from the streets.
It was explained that no such
trouble was encountered on stre
ets that were curbed and fully
paved, but that residents in the
trouble areas had previously re
jected a move to install curbs
and pavement.
Councilman Resigns
Mayor W. C. Collins read a let
ter of resignation from council
man Erling Storro who resigned
due to moving outside the city
limits making him Ineligible to
serve. The vacancy will be filled
later by appointment.
The council ordered a survey to
be made of an alley at the ex
treme south end of Court street
to establish its boundary lines.
Two property owners on the alley
have questioned its exact loca
tion.
An order was issued for the re
moval of the first parking meter
on the north side of Willow street
marking of the area for no park
ing. The removal was ordered to
facilitate the movement of traf
fic at the corner.
A complaint was received that
horses were being ridden on the
Lover's Lane footbridge across
Willow creek and were creating a
hazard to pedestrians. The counc-
1 ordered the posting of "No
Horses Allowed" signs on both
that bridge and the footbridge
leading to the high school.
Building permits were issued
to Midstate Construction Co.,
Bank of Eastern Oregon building,
$37,1)00; Bank of Eastern Oregon,
sidewalk repair, $750. The bank
building will be 36 by 70 feet,
one story high and of brick con
struction.
Cattle Price Drop
Expected to be Small
OREGON STATE COLLEGE-
Fed cattle prices in Oregon, are
not expected to drop as sharply
during the heavy October-November
marketing season as they did
a year ago, report Oregon State
college agricultural economists.
Cattle slaughter is now rising
seasonally but prices may decline
only $2 to $3 a hundredweight
compared to a drop of $4 to $5
last fall when the 1956 drought
rorced fall slaughter to a record
high, the economists say.
A general downtrend in cattle
slaughter is expected to con
tinue in 1958, pointing to favor
able prices for fed cattle In the
year ahead. Cattle feeders areal
so favored with prospects of large
hay supplies and cheap grain
feeds, but feeder's margins may
be squeezed by the higher prices
paid for feeder animals.
Meanwhile hog production is
responding to generally good pri
ces with national increases ex
pected in both this fall and next
spring's pig crops. This dims hog.
prices for next fall, the econtf
mists report in the current issue
of the OSC "Oregon Farm and
Market Outlook" circular. Cop
ies of the circular are available
from county extension offices.
Good range conditions during
the" past summer brought mixed
blessings to lamb producrs. A
larger than usual percentage of
western lambs are ready for
slaughter this fall. This is hold
ing prices down for fat lambs. At
the same time, the supply of
feeder lambs is smaller and pric
es are higher than last fall.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C Rogewall
left Wednesday for San Francisco
for the dealer showing of the 1958
Mercury cars.
SURVEY MADE FOR NEW ONE-WAY
STREET SERVING PIONEER HOSPITAL
City of Heppner employed en
gineers were in town Tuesday
placing location and elevatic'n
stakes for the proposed new one
way street which will 'provide
easier traffic control around Pi
oneer Memorial hospital.
The street has been requested
by the hospital board to relieve
the congestion of cars leaving
the hospital and eliminate the
two very sharp turns which must
now be made in getting out of the
public parking area in front of
the building. The city agreed to
provide necessary engineering if
Profit Shown By
Fair and Rodeo
For This Season
A profit of $1,003.84 on the Mor
row county fair and rodeo to
date this year was reported at a
meeting of the Morrow county
fair board Friday night at the
county agent's office. A break
down of the amount showed rodeo
profits at $433.50 and fair cash
increase at $570.34.
A beginning fund balance for
fair and rodeo receipts from rac
ing funds, cash on hand and oth
er sources was $12,471.96 begin
ning July 1, 1957, the report
showed.
Rodeo receipts of $0,255.78 in
cluded $4,184.75 from admissions;
$881.60 from dances; $250 from
the hamburger stand concession
and the remainder from carnival
receipts, program sales and oth
er sources. Expenses totalling
$5,822.29 included $1,623.02 for
rodeo prizes; $2,175 for stock con
tract; $612.77 for advertising and
lesser amounts for judging, wag
es, court expenses, announcing,
supplies, ajid utilities.
Fair board receipts of $6,143.03
to date includes $1,828.03 from
racing funds; $1,000 field rent;
$75 pavilion rent and $40 for
booth rent. Expenses of $5,572.69
include $2,540.15 for fair premi
ums; $625.57 for salaries and wa
ges ; $425, advertising; $306.50,
premium books; ' $491.87, judges
and the remainder for court ex
penses, utilities, supplies and
other items.
In other business transactions
the board authorized roofing re
pairs on the pavilion, discussed
the need for increased insurance
on buildings and facilities, con
sidered a request for roller skat
ing for teen agers, at the pavilion
presented by the Rev. Lester
Boulden and decided that no
charge will be made for use of
the fair pavilion and other fa
cilities when they are definitely
connected with fair and rodeo
activities.
Rex Lcngdon cf Hermiston flew
to Heppner Saturday afternoon
and took his sister, Mrs. Harold
Gentry and Mrs. Hank Stotts and
Lora Lee to Hermiston. On Sun
day he flew Mrs. Gentry to her
home in Bend. She had been here
to attend the funeral of Mack
Gentry.
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BULCOR WHEAT SELLING NOW IN KOREA. Inspecting condition
of Bulgor (Ala) in an open air grain mart in Korea is Dick Baum,
executive vice president of the Oregon Wheat Grower League.
the hospital and county would
do the actual construction.
The street will be approximate
ly five blocks in length and run
from the end of the present short
roadway in front of the hospital
to join with Cannon street to the
south where traffic can come
back into either Gilmore or South
Court street. It runs behind the
houses on the east side of Gil-
more street and is planned, for
one-way iramc leaving tne nos
pital.
Engineers were setting stakes
to give residents along the street
an idea of what was planned and
easements are now being sought
for the project. Very little cutting
or filling will be required for the
street which will have a 20 foot
roadway, me engineers survey
showed.
It is hoped to get the ease
ments signed shortly so that
rough construction work can be
done this fall or winter. It is
planned to eventually surface the
entire five blocks as money be
comes available
Homemakers Slate
Public Dinner
I lie Heppner chapter of the
Future Homemakers of America
is planning to serve a turkey din
ner at the Heppner school cafe
teria on Sunday, October 20, 1 to
6 p.m., announces Joann Brosnan,
president of the chapter.
F.H.A. girls and their parents
are planning and preparing the
dinner and the purpose is to
raise funds for their chapter. This
is their first community dinner
project. Tickets are available
from F.H.A. members or phone
6-9217 Monday through Friday
from 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Morn
ing and evenings call the ticket
sales chairman Joann Brosnan,
6-5327 or Jean Collins, 6-9947.
Sales close Wednesday noon, Oc
tober 16.
The dinner Is under the super
vision of the chapter mothers,
Mis. Jerry Brosnan, Mrs. Roy
Quackenbush and advisor Mrs.
Homer llager.
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Hermison JV's Dump
Heppner Tuesday
By Jim Morris
Heppner's J. V's dropped their
second game to Hermlston's Jun
ior Varsity Tuesday afternoon by
a 25'to 6 count at the Heppner
field.
The Mustangs showed good
possibilities in the first half as
they held the Hermiston crew to
6 points while getting none them
selves.
In the 2nd panel the Hermist
on eleven went wild as they ac
counted for 3 more TD's and held
the Mustangs to 6, this run being
scored by Tom Drlscoll on a 30
yard sprint.
On defense, Mahoney, Bros
nan and Green turned in fine
performances, while Prock, DriS-
coll and Penland stole the show.
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Dr. A D. McMurdo wob in
Portland the last of the week to
attend a meeting of the Oregon
Mate Medical association
Conference Start
Slated For
County Planning
Agricultural problems to be
considered for Morrow county for
the next 10-year period will be
outlined at the first meeting of
the fourth county agricultural
planning conference Wednesday,
Oct. 16, at 8 p,m. at the court
house, N. C. Anderson, county ag
ent in charge of the meeting has
announced.
The group will review accomp
lishment over the past 10-year
period, actions and recommenda
tions made at the 1947 confer
ence and outline some of the ex
isting problems to be considered.
This Is the fourth conference
started In the , county 30 years
ago.
Jean Scheel, assistant direct
or of extension, Oregon State col
lege, will meet with the group.
Chairmen for the conservation
and land use committee and the
overall crops commitee will be
selected.
Among county agricultural lea
ders to attend the initial meeting
will be John Graves, representing
the Morrow County Livestock
Growers association; . Vernon
Munkers, Morrow County Wheat
Growers association; Mrs. E. M.
Baker, lone, South Morrow 4-H
council; Roy Partlow, Boardman,
North Morrow 4-H council; Mrs.
Milton Beigel, Irrlgon, county
home extension committee chair
man; Oscar Peterson, lone.
Grange agricultural committee;
Harold Beach,, president of the
Farm Bureau: Kenneth Smouse,
lonet representing wheat produc
tion and Garnet Barratt, county
judge.
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Heppner Continues
Win String With
24-0 Moro Victory
By Jim Morris
The Heppner Mustangs turned
on the power Friday night when
they displayed a superb ground
attack as they'thrashe'd the Moro
Huskies 240.
The Mustangs got the game
underway by taking the klckoff
and immediately marching 80
yards In 11 plays with Jim Morris
crashing over from one yard out.
After kicking to the Cougcrs the
Horsemen held a stone-wall de
fense and took the ball again.
This time they drove 74 yards
to score, with Steve Flug plough- -ing
over from 8 yn.rds out.
Once again before the half the
Heppner eleven drew blood as
Duane Alderman capped a 49
yard Jaunt with a 27 yard pass
to Dick Ruhl in the end zone.
After the half, the Mustangs
contlitued to dominate the game
by spurting 64 yards in 10 plays.
Tom Drlscoll ended the scoring
with a 2 yard plunge over center.
On defense the Mustangs prov
ed invulnerable as they again
and again stopped the Huskies
cold. Burke Gentry and Ed Gro
shens, Mustang guards, turned
in commendable performances.
On stastics the Mustangs com
piled a fantastic total of 24 first
downs and 425 yards. The Hus
kies netted 4 first downs and
100 yards.
Heppner will play its third
home game In a row Friday night
when they meet a strong Uma
tilla team at 8 p. m. at the rodeo
field.
WEATHER
The Heppner weather station
reports:
Thurs. 56 39 .17
Fri. 50 38 .05
Sat. 57 35 .01
Sun. 54 33 .02
Mon. 52 40 .20
Tues. 53 39 .
Wed. 55 43 .
Rainfall for the week .45; for
October 2.65; for the year 14.13
inches.
FORESTER ASSIGNED HERE
Richard G. Dearsley has been
appointed to a junior forester's
position on the Heppner district
of the Umatilla national forest,
It has been announced.
Dearsley, a graduate of Michi
gan State college of forestry de
partment, will work with scaling
and timber management activi
ties. His home Is in Milwaukee,
Wise.
Visiting at the home of Dr. L.
D. Tibbies is his mother, Mrs.
William Tibbies of Los Angeioa.