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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
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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.
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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
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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.