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1 1 BRARY U OF 0 EC GENE. ORE. rTMTl M SS Copies 10c Heppner, Oregon, Thursday January 9 1958 74th Year, Number 44 GAZE Highway Funds Approved For Heppner Street Improvement State Gives OK To Paving of 5 Court Street Heppner will receive state aid for the paving of slightly more than the three blocks of south Court street, the city council was advised Monday evening by let ter from the state highway com mission. The city had applied for the aid money for four years. Several years ago the state pro vided most of the money for the paving of the south Court and Ilager streets to the city limits, but insufficient money was avail able for the entire project south and east from the court house corner. This appropriation will complete the paving from the court house intersection to a point about three and one-half blocks south where the former project ended. The state will provide up to a maximum of $20,000 of the money needed for the project (which is expected to total ap proximately the $20,000 figure). The city will provide the nece ssary rock for the work which has already been purchased and stockpiled. The state has agreed to pave the street from curb-to-curb if residents of the street will pay for construction of the curbs, otherwise the street will have only a 20 foot center strip hard sur faced. Petitions for the curbing will be circulated In the near future, it was announced. The money for the project com es from a special state-aid fund for cities and may be used on street improvements which are not part of the state highway system. The street was finally approved for the improvement be cause of the heavy truck traffic it carries due to logging in the upper Willow Creek area, -f-The work will be tione some time next summer. First National Deposits Drop But Loans on Increase Total year-end deposits of $788, 569,011 were reported by the First National Bank of Portland, and $6,001,795 of this figure represents deposits at the Heppner branch, according to J H Bedford, man ager. Loans and discounts at the statewide bank amounted to $388, 569,985 on December 31, with $3,1884,343 of this total being re. ported by the local branch of First National. , Released at the same time were comparible figures for the branch on December 31, 1956. On that date, deposits were $6,752,090 and loans totaled $3,073,162. The statewide deposit total re presents a decrease of $20,241,980 over one year ago, and loans and discounts are off $43,282,200 over the figure reported at the close of 1956. Bank loans have decreased throughout the nation, and it Is reflected in lower commercial bank deposit totals, C B Steph enson, bank president said. The decline has been emphasized in the Pacific Northwest by the slow er pace of the lumber industry, he declared. MAKES HONOR ROLL . Announcement of the fall term honor roll achievement by students at Oregon Technical In stitute at Klamath Falls was made this week by the registrar. On the list was Robert Stevens of Hardman with a perfect grade point average of 4.00. He is stud ying liesel mechanics. Lt Donald Blake left last Thur sday for Hutchinson, Kansas Na val Air Base after a two weeks leave spent at the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs Earl Blake. Building Permits Hold Up in 1957 Building permits issued by the City of Heppner during 1957 .tot aled $145,700 a check of the re cords revealed this week. They were down less than $5,000 from 1956 which indicates that con struction-wise the year was good. New buildings accounted for $87,500 of the total. The largest permit was issued to the Bank of Eastern Oregon for the con struction of its new Heppner branch. It amounted to $37,000. riRST BABY OF 1958 Mrs Robert Riddle and her daughter Twilla Regina who was born at 3:48 a m Jan 3 at Pioneer Memorial hospital and won for herself and her parents a host of gifts from Heppner merchnnts. She weighed 7 lbs at birth. "Firsts" are not tco unusual in the Riddle family, as their other daugh ter Robanai Coral was born on Sept 29, 1956, the first day of deer season. The young lady's father lives on Rhea Creek where he is employed at the Smethurst ranch. The attending phy sician was Dr L D Tibbies aided by nurses Mrs Margaret Rob erts and Mrs Eva Jean Crawdery. (GT Photo) "Great Religions" to Be Study Subject The first in a series of six dis cussion groups sponsored by the P-TA will be held at 7 p m Tues day, Jan 14, at the Hope Luth eran church. The public is invit ed to attend these discussions on "The World's Great Religions" which will be based upon a re cent series in Life magazine and includes slides of some of the color photos which accompanied the series. Beginning with the religion which has remained much of a puzzle to the west Hinduism color slides will show Hindu temples and religious festivals. It will in clude a lecture on Hindu philos ophy by the study group chair man, Rev Merlin Zier and an an alysis of the belief of the well known yogi and caste system. Special mention will be made of the unusual and significant role that animals play in the religion. Anyone who had opportunity to visit and observe this faith is especially invited to attend and take part in the discussion. Subsequent Tuesday evenings will include a study of Buddhism Confucianism and Taoism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Pomona Grange Hears Committee Reports Morrow county Pomona Gran ge was held Jan 4 at the Lex ington grange with 55 in atten dance. Excellent agricultural and legislative reports were given by O W Cutsforth, Henry Baker and Kenneth Smouse. Willows, Lexington,Rhea Creek and Green field granges were represented. Slides were shown of an Ha waiian trip taken in December by Mr and Mrs Earl McKinney, Mr and Mrs Noel Dobyns and Mr and Mrs Harold Dobyns. Mrs Kenneth Smouse played a violin solo, Mrs Nathan Thorpe gave a New Year's reading, Shirley Nash and Mary Evelyn Tucker pres ented a piano duet and Shirley Nash a piano solo. GOC Group holds Monthly Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Heppner Ground Observer Corps was held Dec 30 at the home of Mrs Ray Smith with Sgt James R Kissire and Sgt Ten- nison present, as was the for mef sector sergeant, R D Cole man. Sgt Kissire explained the "jot 'em down" method to keep mem bers in practice for ayerts. A com edy movie, Scramble for Grand pa, was shown. The next meeting will be Jan 27 at the home of Mrs William Heath. Interested persons are wel come to attend. Four new residential permits a mounted to $46,000. Alterations and repairs totaled $58,200 for the year, a big in crease over the 1956 figure of $19,900. Last year's permits of all kinds amounted to $150,000. While construction remained fairly high during both of the past two years, it did not equal 1955 when school construction swelled the total, by over $300, 000 ; i - .1J.J ... Continuing Need For 'Dimes' is Drive Emphasis The 1958 March of Dimes cam paign which runs from January 2 to January 31, marks the 20th year of service of the Infantile Paralysis Foundation. Dimes contributed by the people of America during these 20 years have made it possible for the Foundation to point with pride to the success of an effective vac cine to prevent paralytic polio, to respiratory and rehabilitation centers which have been built, and are being built, to help re store severely disabled patients to useful living in their owfi com. munities, whose goal is Operation Comeback! These dimes have pro vided financial assistance to over 325,000 polio victims, financed the virus typing program and gamma globulin and Salk vac cine field trials, provided train ing for over 6,000 capable med ical workers, although more pro fessional hands and skills are ur gently needed to meet the in creasing demands of modern treatment. Some may have the mistak en impression that because of the success of the vaccine contribut ions are no longer needed for work in the polio field. True, new polio cases are being drast ically reduced but a bulwark is still needed against disease and Usability in every community. In 1957 90 per cent of the pat ient care money was spent for victims stricken in earlier years. Only ten per cent was used for current cases. The estimated need in 1958 for patient care alone totals $21,000, 000. According to Mrs Jack Loyd, county campaign director, many activities are planned in which local citizens will have an op portunity to cooperate. Assisting Mrs Loyd through opt the county are the following committee members: County campaign treasurer, Mrs Keith Imus; county women's activity chairman, Mrs Gordon A White, lone; Heppner campaign director, Earl Soward school col lection, Gordon Pratt; special ev ents, La Verne Van Marter, . Jr; movie and newspaper publicity, Mrs Elaine S George; telephone monitor, Mrs Jos B Hughs; bus iness and labor and special gifts, Rev Merlin Zier; publicity, Mrs Tom Wilson; Hardman campaign director, Mrs Huston Leslie; Ce cil, Mrs Fred McClintock; Lexing ton, Mrs Emma Breshears; lone, Mrs Ruby Roberts; Boardman, Mrs Flossie Coats; Irrigon, Mrs Part low. School superintendents in the various localities will supervise school collections. WEATHER The Heppner weather station reports: Hi Low Pr Wednesday 35 18 Thursday 36 24 Friday 33 20 .06 Saturday 33 19 Sunday 30 21 Tr Monday 28 21 Tuesday 28 23 Wednesday 27 22 Rainfall for the week .06; for December 2.27; for 1957 17.73 inches. is , : County Livestock Growers Meeting Opens Friday Everything is in readiness for the opening of the ninth annual meeting Friday of the Morrow County Livestock Growers assoc iation. The meeting will be held here Friday and Saturday. The program Is planned to be one of the best yet presented with one new event to draw much interest. It will he the Bull Day which will be held at the fair grounds corrals Friday afternoon. Anyone is invited to bring bulls to the "Day" to trade or sell. In connection with the bull day, Fri day afternoon Si Williams, live stock auctioneer, will give a bull "type" discussion on what to look for in selecting a herd sire. This will be at the fair grounds at 1 o'clock. Saturday morning at the Elks Temple the various committees will report on the activities of the association. Also Dr A G Beagle, Federal veterinarian, will discuss Lepto-spirosis and other newer di seases of livestock which are causing considerable loss in the county. Saturday afternoon a debate on the pros and cons of a beef com mission will be particularly inter, esting and timely as a referen dum will be held in the near future on the creation of one. Saturday evening's banquet will be held at the fair pavilion and promises to be one of the best yet with some top entertain ment scheduled. Last week it was announced that Robert J Steward director of the state de partment of agriculture would be the' speaker, but he was for ced to decline because of being called to Washington. In his place Jim Hill, manager of the Pend leton Grain Growers will give an interesting address. Immediately prior to the ban quet, the First National Bank will again sponsor a social hour which will be held at the Elks temple, Saturday aftirnoon the Mor row County Cowielles will hold their annual meeting at 2:30 in the Elks ladies lounge, Mrs Claud White, president has an nounced. She urges all members to be present. All the events of the two days are open to the public and tick tes for the banquet should be purchased immediately as they are limited. Church Group To Have Program On Japan .... On Sunday evening, Jan 12 the Christian Women's Guild of the first Christian churchis spon horing a special Japanese mis sionary service at 6 p m. Mrs Robert Marsh of Kennewick Washington will be the guest for the evening and will show colored slides, costumes and art ifacts of her travels in Japan. The program will be in the church sanctuary, followed by a tea in the dining room. Mrs Joe Hughes and Mrs Joe Stewart are in charge of the pro gram with other members of the guild assisting. Mrs Jean Mai lory, Mrs 'Earl Soward, Mrs Theta Stratton and Mrs Kenneth Green are hostesses. This program is to introduce a six month's study of mission work in Japan and everyone is welcome. Mr and Mrs Ambrose Chapin returned recently from spending the holidays in Seattle and Port land. In Seattle they were guests of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Clayton Slyter. A COUNTY MUSEUM? SUGGESTIONS AND HELP WANTED BY CHAIRMEN Do the people of Morrow coun ty want a county museum? j That question has been put' directly up to the residents this1 week by the appointment of Mrs1 Ralph Thompson and Mrs Omar! Rietmann as co-chairmen of a committee to develop a museum' plan. The project was suggested! during sessions of the Town and County Planning Conference. The two women are both in terested in developing such a mu seum and have been offered a great number of old time memen tos which could well be used as the start for such an undertaking. What the chairmen would like to know from the people is wheth er they want such a museum, would they help to fill it with interesting old-time belongings such as furniture, costumes, dish- es, dolls, etc which because of i their age and historical value, could belong in such a public! Reorganization to Be Panel Subject At Lex P-TA Meet An interesting panel discus sion will be held as part of the Lexington P-TA program next Tuesday, Jan 11 at the school auditorium. , The discussion will be on the school district reorganization in Morrow county and will feature Gordon Pratt, affirmative; Gar land Swanson, negative; G Felt house, Hehmiston, transportation; and Kenneth Peck as a taxpey er. Orville Cutsforth will serve as moderator. The profram will start at 8 p m and all interested persons are invited. Gribble Named New Councilman Lowell Gribble, co-owner of In land Chemical company and a resident of Heppner for the past four years, Monday was appoint ed a member of the Heppner city council. He will fill the unexpired term of Erling Storro, who re signed late last year because he moved outside the city limits and could no longer serve. Gribble was appointed by may or W C Collins and attended his first council meeting Monday in his officical capacity. One of the major items of bus iness transacted by the council Monday was the opening of bids for the purchase of 2,150 feet of water pipe to be used for the improvement of the city's dis tribution system. Seven bids were received for the supplying of 1150 feet of eight inch steel pipe and 1000 feet of four inch pipe. The bid was awarded to Pacific Water works Supply company of Port land with o bid of $1.81 per foot for eight inch, and $1.04' per foot for the four inch. Delivery is to be made within 30 to 60 days. The council had also asked for bids for five fire hydrants, but rejected the winner's bid for these because the bid did not con form to specifications. They will be purchased later. lhe second lowest bid was made fy Water Works Supply company of Seattle at $1.97 and $1.07 per foot. Councilman Robert Penland suggested that the city investi gate the possibility of renumber ing all residences and business houses in town and placing num bers on all buildings. The city of Madras Is currently considering such a program which calls for the city to purchase the numbers and install them. The cost would be covered by a one-month's ex tra charge of $1.00 which would be added to water bills. At the present time less than half the houses and business buildings in town have numbers' and many of them are wrong, I making it very confusing for anj outsider to find a location in town, and also giving the local! fire department much difficulty' in getting exact locations of fires.1 The council agreed to invest-' igate the proposal and make a1 decision later. I Valby Lutheran Sets Annual Meeting Members and friends of Valby Lutheran church will hold their annual meeting Sunday, Jan 12 at the church. Special speaker for the morning will be the Rev S L Swenson, D D, who is president of the Columbia Conference of the Augustana Lutheran church. Dr Swenson will also conduct the annual meeting which will be held in the parish house fol lowing services at 11:15 and a potluck dinner. Members are encouraged to at tend this meeting. place. The chairmen are in need of almost everything but an idea. Suggestions as to where it might be established, how it can be done and of course, of prime importance-just how it can be financed. Donations are one possibility, but to date not much in the form of money has been forthcoming. It has been suggested that an old house might be the site (should someone be interested in donating such a building) and it has also been considered that an area might be provided for the display of old time farm mach inery which helped pioneer farm ing in the county. The co-chairmen are looking for ideas and suggestions. They may be given to either of the women or the Gazette Times will be glad to publish all letters to the editor pertaining to the subject. Jack Lovd N Chamber P . At - J r hi JACK LOYD, who Monday was installed president of the Hepp-ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. (GT Photo) Nearly 18 Inches Of Rain in '57 Near Record Morrow county, by the records of the Heppner weather station, just liived through its fourth wet test year in the 47 year history of the station, a check of records has revealed. During 1957 a total of 17.73 inches of rain fell here and several all-time records were broken. Only three other years since 1910 have seen as much rain fall here as did during 1957. Those years were 1942 when the all time high of 19.28 inches was recorded; 1948 with 18.22 inches, and 1912 when 18.61 inches fell, On the opposite end of the record sheet Is the year 1939 when only 7.81 inches of moisture was re corded here. The 46 year average rainfall is 13.07 inches. Two records fell during the year, however, when over two in ches of rain fell in one day and more than four inches fell in one month. Neither had happened be fore during the 47 years that re cords have been kept. . As is usual, Heppner received more rain than did most other sections of the county where re cords are kept, but the whole area received one of its heaviest falls In years. At Gooseberry Leo nard Carlson reported 15.50 inches for 1957, with 5.08 of that fall ing since Sept 1, the new crop year. In the temperature depart ment, Heppner also set a record during the year. In January an all-time below freezing record went by the boards when the mer cury never climbed to freezing for 18 cansecutive days. There had been longer cold spells, but they were broken by one or two days of warm temperatures. So far this winter 18 degrees has been the lowest temperature recorded here, making it one of the warm est in may years. (Editor's note--winter isn't over yet, and no prognostication is made!) The wet season and moderate temperatures give indication that the 1958 grain crop may again be excellent. Farm Bureau Member Drive Opens Monday Seven members of the Morrow County Farm Bureau were In Bend Jan 6 to attend a meeting to lay final plans for the organ ization's annual membership drive. An organization meeting was held last night at the Harold Beach home and the drive will open Jan 13. It will close two days later with a meeting Jan 15 tt the Gene Cutsforth home. BEAUTY SHOP NOW IN NEW BUILDING Lois' Beauty Shop has moved into a new building giving the business modern .enlarged quar ters, operator Mrs Ernie Winches ter has revealed. Weather has prevented completi&n of the out side of the concrete . structure, but the inside is now finished. Shop operators include Jo Keith ley and Marge Gardner. Mr and Mrs Earle Gilliam re turned Sunday from Portland where Mrs Gilliam had under gone dental surgery. oined resident Jack Loyd, manager of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber company, was installed Monday as new president of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. He took over the duties of the office from Jack Bailey, who as cended to president of the organ ization at mid year when former president Jack Angel left Hepp ner to go into business in Wash ington. Other 'officers who will assist Loyd during the coming year are I larley Young, manager of Col umbia Basin Electric Co-op, first vice president; Bruce Lindsay, second vice president; John Ve- nard, assistant manager of the Heppner branch of the First Nat ional Bank of Portland, treasurer; and Gene Pierce, manager of the Heppner branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon, secretary. Also officially inducted into of. fice by installing officer Frank Turner were four new directors, Robert Abrams, Keith Imus, Joe II Stewart, and Victor Kreimeyer. Monday's installing meeting was conducted by vice president Jack Flug, in the absence of the outgoing president. The new president has been a member of the chamber for over 10 years and has served in various capacities in the organ ization. He has headed several committees and was very active in the promotion of the chamber's field lighting fund drive three years ago. He has been a member of the board of directors for the past two years. In accepting the position, Loyd expressed the belief that the or ganization could expect another active year in 1958 and pledged his efforts to make it one of the chamber's best years. He announ ced that he would make standing committee appointments within a short time. City's Fire Loss Shows Big Drop During Past Year The Heppner fire department answered a total of 20 calls dur ing 1957, seven more than dur ing the previous year, but loss from fire, smoke and water was less than 10 per cent of, 1956, fire chief C A Ruggles reported this week. Total loss which was complet ely covered by Insurance amount ed to only $1,244.59, the smallest in any recent year. , Seventeen of the depart ment's 20 calls were general a larms and three were silent calls. Nine buildings were Involved in the calls, the remainder being to control grass fires. Property val ued at $79,007.91 was at risk In the building fires while an un estimated amount of property was at risk in the various grass fires. The greatest loss was sustained at the Wyman apartments late in November where damage to buil ding and contents has been es timated at $1,000. This same blaze resulted in serious burns to an occupant of the apartment, Miss Wyma Hoxworth. She was the first person to suffer injury or death from a fire in Heppner in almost six years. During the previous year fire loss amounted to $14,062 and In 1955 damage was $5,404. During the past year the Hepp ner department spent slightly over $1,000 on new equipment, all of it for a new air horn alarm system which will soon replace the present siren. Delivery is ex pected shortly on the remaining equipment needed for the new installation which will be air and battery powered to operate inde pendently of utility power supply When completed and placed in operation, the city's fire alarm system will be one of the most modern of any small city and will adequately advise firemen of an emergency. The present siren will be kept for standby use. CHILI SUPPER SLATED The Heppner P-TA will hold its annual chill supper Friday, Jan 10 at the school cafeteria prior to the Heppner-Ione bas ketball game. Serving will start at 5:30 and the menu will in clude either chill or tuna cas serole, salad, pie and drink. Bob Bryant spent Christmas with his mother, Mrs J W Espy, at Palouse, Washington.