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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1957)
LIIRARY u or o EUGENE. ORE . L n n n fl Is V Ml v ! Irr iifi;r minit! Wore Free Gifts Given Just for the Right Number HERE'S YOUR tmwx HEPPNER lUr Copies 10c Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 5, 1957 74th Year, Number 39 County's 1957 Farm Income Is Revealed Highest In Many Years Morrow county's agricultural income tor iy57 nas been estim ated at $13,ull,136, the highest in many years, according to the an nual report just completed by N. c. Anderson, county agent. The figure is more than $1,000,000 higher than the 1956 total of $11, 1)42,000. The current year's big increase was due largely to the big crop of wheat harvested this year, which is the county's major in come source, the report indicated. Excellent growing conditions and high rainfall contributed to an average wheat yield in the county of 32 bushels and barley yields of 40 bushels to the acre both among the highest in the history of the county. Adding to the over all income was 6,000 acres of rye which brought a gross of about $180,000. Farmers in the county seeded approximately 87,000 acres of wheat and 86,000 acres of barley this year. The big barley crop was the result of many acres be the Soil Bank program.Adding to ing converted to this grain under reserve payments totaling $691, the county income were acreage Heppner Nurse Badly Burned in Apartment Fire Miss Wyma Hoxworth, 26, a nurse at Pioneer Memorial hos pital suffered serious and pairt ful burns on bpth legs and arms, and nearly fatal suffocation from smoke last Wednesday evening in a bed fire at her apartment in the Lester Wyman home in Hepp ner. Credit for probably saving Miss Hoxworth's life was given to Mrs. Lester Wyman who lives in the lower part of the house. She and her husband smelled smoke and upon investigation found the bed room completely smoke filled. Mrs. Wyman groped her way in to the room and received burns on both hands when she felt in the blazing bed for the woman whom she found lying on the floor. She succeeded in dragging Miss Hoxworth to the stairs and was aided by a neighbor, Roy Quackenbush in getting her downstairs and into the open air. The fire department and a doctor were immediately summoned, and she was taken to Pioneer Memor ial hospital for treatment. Miss Hoxworth received third degree burns on both legs and thighs and second degree burns on her hands and arms, but the physicians said that the great am ount of smoke and fumes she in haled came close to being fatal. She did not gain complete consci ousness until Thursday. The nurse was transferred to a Portland hospital Sunday where considerable skin grafting will be undertaken. He condition was de scribed as fairly good. The fire department quickly " extinguished the fire which was confined almost entirely to the bed and smoke damage to the rooms. It apparently started from a cigarette, it was reported. f lit p'. fr n TRUCKLOAD OF. LEATHER This final load of 663 deer, elk and cow hides, and even one bear hide, left Heppner Monday on its way to the tanners. They were tee for veteran's use. Shown Glen Ward right and Bob Flatt 923 received by 108 farmers who signed up 25,832 acres under the program. Livestock Prices Better Livestock producers found a ready market for their calves at average prices of $20 per hundred compared to $17 a hundred a year ago. The price of sheep, wool and swine remained strong to add to the total livestock in come, according to the report. Income from potatoes and truck crops produced on the irrigated areas of north Morrow county Hospital Increases Room Fee Rates Increases in room rates effect ive December 1 were announced this week by officials of Pioneer Memorial hospital. The increase is effective for all new patients, but those in the hospital at the time of the change will not be charged the higher scale, it was said. The new rate schedule will be $14 per day for two bed wards, increased from $12.50; private rooms will be $18 per day, an in crease of $1.50 and pediatric beds will be $12 per day. Even with the higher rates, it was pointed out by Harry Bong ers administrator, that the Hepp ner hospital rates are still among the lowest in Oregon. o "Drive-In" Service Purely Accidental ittvpu.i yoc it lust "drive in cieuners, wouaay, but it came about entirely oy accid ent A car cwned and driven by Ralph Thompson parked in front oi the establishment own ed by W. C. Collins, and as Thompson reached into the rear seat he accidently step pod on the throttle when the automatic transmission was still in gear. The car Jumped the curb and rammed the front of the shop freaking a plate glass window and knocking out con siderable brick work. The car suffered a few dents. Little League Ball Petitions Formation Of Special District The county court Wednesday accepted a petition asking for the formation of a Little League baseball district, and agreed to investigate the matter. The peti tion contained 70 signatures. The court indicated that it had no information on whether such a district could be formed, but that it would take up the matter with members of the fair board to see if fuller use couldn't be made of the county-owned fair grounds property so that Little League teams would have more adequate facilities for their games. o IONE POST OFFICE SETS LONGER HOURS The lone post office will be op en on Saturday afternoons Dec. 14 and 21 for the convenience of Christmas mailees, it was an nounced this week by postmaster Ruby O. Roberts. collected by a local Elks commit with the load is committee head a committee member. (GT Photo) i i', ' . i were down considerably due to lower prices. Potatoes in 1956 sold for the highest in history. Small fruit income increased because of a small comeback of fruit after the 1955 freeze and a good melon crop was extended by a long sea son with prices holding steady. Farmers continued to seek me thods of increasing their income reduced considerably with a 35 percent acreage allotment and a decrease from the long time 90 percent parity for wheat. With an announced reduction in parity price to 75 percent in 1958, wheat farmers are looking for a solution to the continuing high cost of operation and taxes. Ranchers are adding land to their operations in an attempt to make their units more economical to operate, N. C. Anderson, county agent reported. '57 Breakdown Given A breakdown of 1957 income by source shows grain, $9,860,636; hay and silage, $528,000; live stock, $1,600,000; dairy, $200,000; eggs and poultry, $110,000; po tatoes and truck crops, $310,000; fruit, $2,500; and farm timber $400,000. Heppner Building Permits Highest In Present Year The Heppner city council Mon day night granted the largest to tal amount of building permits of any month this year when it ok'd a total of $42,500 in new construction or remodeling and repair permits. The largest permit was to Mor row County Grain Growers, $30, 000 for the remodeling of the company's Heppner elevator. Oth er permits were granted to H. J. Delameter, $9,000 new residence on Linden Way; Heppner Elks lodge, $300 remodeling. Al Lamb, $700, alteration and repair; Leon ard Kummerland, $500 alterations and repair. In other business the council accepted the low bid of the San Jose Steel Co. of $967 to supply necessary fencing materials to fence the north playground area in the city park. There were six bidders and the spread between high and low was nearly $150. The city recorder was ordered to issue a call for bids for over 2000 feet of 4 and 8 inch water pipe which will be used to re place old mains on south Court street and replace small inade quate mains on Gilmore street. A new 8 inch main will be layed the full length of Gilmore by next summer which will greatly improve water supply and pres sure on that entire side of town. The council approved liquor li cense renewal applications for O'Donnell's Cafe, Cal's Tavern, Thomson Bros., Court Street Mark et and Aikens. Local Elks Get OverllOO Hides The final truckload of 663 deer, elk and cow hides left Heppner Monday for tanners in California in the Heppner Elks lodge spons ored drive for hides to be used for veteran's rehabilitation in Oregon hospitals. In all 1102 hides were gather ed up by lodge committee mem ters, and though a final tally isn't yet available, it is known the local lodge is among the top few lodges in Oregon in the num ber collected, and there Is a good chance that it may hold the state record. The Heppner and Condon lodges have had a contest to see which could collect the most hides for the program and Heppner took honors in this by beating its neighbor organization . by over 200 hides, committee chairman Glen Ward said this week. After the hides are tanned they will be distributed to veteran's hospitals in the state by the Ore gon State Elks association for their physical therapy program. . i ' . ... HIM I J ? i ... -i arra CONSERVATION AWARDS were presented to Mr. and Mrs. Burt Peck of Lexington at last week's Farm-City Week banquet by Jack Whitemsn, Pendleton, right, Empire Machinery Co., who is shown presenting them with the Empire award. They also re ceived the Heppner Soil Conservatoin district award of a desk pan set from Raymond French,- chairman of the district. Peck was named the county Conservation Man of the Year for 1357. (GT Photo) MMMni 'itfWW-vTS'-W : Trpmr V "'."WW5t$Sg COUNTY GRASSMAN PLAQUE was presented at the Fcrm-City ban , quet by Harold fiowch left, president of the Morrow County Farm Bureau, sponsors of the award, to members of the Wilkinson fsmily who won the aitle for 1057. Holding the plaque is Mrs. Frank Wilkinson and shown with her are, left to right, Dick Wilk inson, Mrs. Dick Wilkinscn, and Mr. and Mrs. George Rugg. (GTPhoto) ,:40' V v:'.;:lSf '- I - , s 1 m' I ; 1 (- p ' i V 'V. ' . ' - PAST AND PRESENT SUPERVISORS cf the Heppnci Soil Conserva tion district were honored at last week's Fcrm-City Week ban quet when they were presented with plaques by present district head Raymond French, right. Shown are, left to right, Henry Peterson, Newt O'Harra, O. W. Cutsforth end John Wightman, ' (still a director). Not present to receive their awards were Charles Carlson, Orian Wright ond W. E. Hughes (GT Photo) CHRISTMAS MAIL RUSH DUE SOON; MAIL EARLY" PLEA Heppner postmaster James H. Driscoll said today, "We hope to keep up our good record on the Christmas mails by getting every thing processed and delivered well before Christmas eve." He further said that much depends on the public cooperation in mail ing Christmas cards and gifts dur ing the next 10 days. The postmaster stated, "Most people realize that the early ar rival of cards or gifts is always welcomed, although there are still some who have the mistaken idea that a gift or card arriving on Christmas eve has a special sig nificance. Actually, it's the thought behind the card or gift, and not the time of arrival that is important. Cooperation is asked to be sure that return addresses and the re cipient's address are plainly typ ed or written on all labels and cards. Use zone numbers if known and it is always a good idea to include an extra label inside packages. He reminds mail users that It is necessary to use first class pos tage on Christmas cards if hand written messages are enclosed. Cards sent first class will be de livered promptly and forwarded "'iftj(r4 -"' " .... ' , (t - I: i AGAIN VOICED or returned if necessary. The response to "mall early" appeals has been excellent to dE'te, Driscoll said, and from now on its a case of keeping up the good work to avoid pile-ups. Free labels are again available for marking bundles of mail for locol or out of town delivery. Mail for distant points should be into the post office by Dec. 10 and for nearby points by Dec. 15. Postoffice Open Longer Beginning Dec. 9 service win dows in the Heppner post office will be open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. and efforts should be made to avoid the crowds at lunch time. . WEATHER " The Heppner weather station reports: Hi Low Wed. 49 27 Thurs. 49 31 Friday 48 24 Sat. 52 31 Sunday 59 38 Monday 58 38 Tues. 60 31 Pr. Rainfall for November, .96; for December, .11; for the year, 15.57 inches. Lucky Number N? 1152 GOOD ONLY DECEMBER 5 TO DECEMBER 1 1 SAVE SEE STORY BELOW More Free Gifts Are Offered in 2nd Week Of "Numbers" Game Heppner stores today open the second week of their "We Feel Like Santa Claus" event and are oiiering another big group of worthwhile free gifts to holders of the lucky numbers to be found on copies of the Gazette Times. Eaen of the 22 Heppner. stores, a complete list of which will be round elsewhere in today's paper, nave put up another fine prize which GT readers will have a chance to claim between now and next Wednesday if they hold the lucky number and will visit the stores displaying the num bers and gifts. The special four-week gift give away" started last week and will continue for three more weeKs with a completely new set of gifts, lucky numbers and paper numbers each week. Read ers are reminded that in looking tor this week's gifts they must use only the number at the top of the front page of today's Gaz ette Times last week's number is no longer any good as the pri zes to correspond with those num bers had to be claimed by Wed nesday evening, Dec. 4. The num ber on today's paper will be good tor one week, or until Wednesday evening, Dec. 11. The box at the top coiner of this page contain ing the number is dated so there wul be no confusion. Not All Prizes Won Merchants participating in the gilt give-away reported today that not all prizes offered were SANTA DUE TO MAKE SPECIAL VISIT TO HEPPNER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 A very important special committee of the chamber of commerce received word this week that the most popular old fellow of the Christmas season has made plans to visit all his young and old admirers in Heppner on Saturday, Dec. 14. The committee said Santa sent word that he will arrive In town at 1 o'clock that afternoon OVER 100 TRY TO 'NAME THE SANTAS', WINNERS GIVEN Two women and two high sch ool students copped the prizes offered last week by the Gazette Times in its Christmas opening "Name the Santas" contest. They were the first four persons to correctly Identify all the 22 Santa pictures. The first prize of $7.50 in cash goes to Mrs. Paul Jones of route 2 Heppner, and the second place award of $5.00 in cash was won by Carolyn McDaniel. Third and fourth place winners were Mrs. William Labhart and Renn Har ris, both of Heppner. Each will receive a one-year subscroptlon to the Gazette Times. More than 100 persons took the time and effort to identify he Santa pictures (though not all did it correctly) with one entry coming from as far away as Eu gene. The contest was designed to to acquaint GT readers with the many Heppner Santas who are taking part in the chamber 01 commerce sponsored Heppner , Lucky Number prize game which .01 was announced last week In this . paper. . Though all "Name the Santas" .08 entries couldn't win, every read 03 er will have three more chances . to win equally valuable gifts In , the other "Gift Give Away" which continues for another three weeks. Each should check the lucky THIS NUMBER FOR FREE PRIZES! claimed and urged readers to take advantage of the gifts and look for their numbers. All the numbers are prominently dis played in the various stores and all the holder of the paper num ber has to do is compare the number in the box on his paper with that in the store if the numbers coincide, the prize is his. To let holders of last week's lucky numbers know what they missed by not checking the stores, the Gazette Times here publishes the complete list of numbers which would have won gifts last week (some of which were claim ed). These numbers are now no good, but the same number can of course be drawn again, so read ers this week will have to find out for themselves. Last week's lucky numbers were: 941, 618, 559, 214, 721, 457', 627, 247, 862, 477, 372, 316, 254, 73, 236, 840, 716, 955, 430, 425, 673, and 137. If you held one of the above and didn't claim your gift, you missed a good chance . . . but try again your number may be on a gift this week. No Phone Calls Merchants advised readers al so, that they could not give their numbers over the phone, that each person must check the store or window for the placard bear ing the number. The complete rules on how to play this interesting and profit able Christmas game will be found elsewhere in today's paper. loaded with free candy for all kids who come to see him and let him know what they'd like to have him bring them a coup le of weeks later when he makes his annual world-wide tour on Christmas eve. Committee members are ma king special plans for Santa's visit and will give more details next week, they said. number on page 1 of today's pap er and also the lucky numbers in many Heppner stores for free gifts. "Name the Santas" winners will be mailed checks or notices of their prizes. o ASC Committee Members Elected The Morrow county Agricultur al Stabilization and Conservation community committeemen elec tion for 1958 has just been com pleted. A tabulating committee counted the 230 mail ballots which elected five community committeemen in nine areas. The new chairmen for the com munities are Robert Smith, Irri gon; Charles Carlson, Eightmile; Roy Partlow, Boardman; John Ledbetter, Lexington; Merritt Gray, South Heppner; K. G. Mil ler, North Heppner; Jasper Myers, Alpine; Charles Doherty, Morgan; and Walter Jacobs, lone commun- The new community chairmen will meet at a county convention Dec. 16 at 1:30 p.m. at the ASC office to nominate and elect the 1958 ASC committeemen.
