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State Re tests
Creek Park
The parks department of the
state highway commission will
not assist with the development
of a public park on Rock Creek,
the chamber of commerce was
advised Monday in a letter from
the H B Glaisyer, commission sec
retary.
Some time ago the chamber
along with several granges and
other county organizations, ask
ed the park department to study
the site at the junction of Rock
and Chapin creeks as a possible
site for a state park. It was point
Window Service
Hours Shortened
At Post Office
A change in service hours at
the Heppner post office will start
next Monday, it was announced
today by postmaster James H
Driscoll. The changes will be
made because of an ordered re
duction of hours for postal clerks.
Starting Monday window ser
vice will be available from 8:30
a m to 5 p m, but final mail dis
patch will remain at 6 o'clock,
the same as it is at the present
time. Currently the windows are
open from 9:30" to 6 p m.
Driscoll said he received orders
Wednesday to shorten the hours
of service and the original plan
was to close the windows and
step up dispatch time to 5 p m,
an hour earlier than at present.
This suggestion brought consid
erable objection from business
men who heard of the plan. Wed
nesday afternoon Driscoll receiv
ed word from A J Tonsing, Port
land, district post office operat
ions manager, that if service
windows are closed at 5, actual
mail dispatch could be held
another hour until 6 o'clock.
The early closing may cause
some inconvenience to persons
wishing to mail packages or pur
chase stamps, for Driscoll said
it will be impossible for the one
clerk on duty to handle any such
sales and also prepare late
mailed letters for dispatch dur
ing the hour between 5 and 6
o'clock.
The Saturday schedule of 8 a m
to noon for window service and
6 p m dispatch will remain the
same as at the present.
Driscoll said the Heppner off
ice has been one of the few in
Oregon where the windows have
remained open until 6 o'clock,
and he expressed pleasure with
the latest arrangements that will
still allow letter mail to be re
ceived until the 6pm deadline.
Jack W Griffin
Services Held Sunday
At lone Church
Funeral services were held for
Jack W Griffin, 62, at lone Com
munity church Sunday Feb 2
with Rev Floyd S Bailey offic
iating. Mrs Paul Pettyjohn sang
accompanied by Mrs Cleo Drake.
The pall bearers were Robert
Botts, Howard Crowell, Clifford
Aldrich and Jack Warren.
Mr Griffin died in Hermiston
Thursday Jan 30. He was a res
ident of Lexington and was a
former resident of lone. Burial
was in the lone cemetery with
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston in
charge of the arrangements. He
is survived by his wife, Frances,
of Lexington, four sons, Billy and
Jack Griffin of Lexington; Ted
Griffin of Garden Grove, Calif;
Charles Griffin of Stenson Beach,
Calif; one daughter, Mrs Betty
Jane Buchanan of Berkeley, Calif,
and nine grand-children. He was
a brother-in law of John and
James Botts of lone.
Relatives attending the funeral .
from a distance were, Mrs Jane dleton high school this year. The
Santos and daughter. Sharon, 'students will come from Pendle-
George Harris, Miss Norma Barn-jton with Wallace McCrae, super-
es, Wayne Harris, Richard Harris, intendent of schools in that city.
Mr and Mrs Robert Harris, James' it js hoped that n large group
Harris, all of Seattle; Lester Col- will be preSent to become aquain-
pitts, Mrs Charles Cooley, Mr and te(j
Mrs Robert Botts and family of Mrs James
Hermiston; Gene Graham and" h f h
daughter r,ancy, of Sela Mrs William Barratt comprise
Md pf!'B n r!, 'the hospitality committee and
Mrs Robert Buchanan, aU of Cal- Mfg Bprnard
.forma; Mr and Mrs Lem Cooley , ard cleveland and Mrs Fred
and son, Bob and Mr and Mrs V Gimbd the refreshment comml.
R Cissile Natchez, Wash; Mr and tt
Mrs Jack Warren of Heppner; i '
Mrs Daniel Graves of Taft Calif; 'UTTLE BASEBALt
Mr and Mrs Richard Botts of MEETING CALLED
Irrigon; Mr and Mrs Alez Kary
of Gresham; Mr and Mrs Ronald There will be a meeting of par
Fahl and children of Portland; 'ents and persons interested In
Jack and Billy Griffin of Lexing- Little League baseball Monday
ton; Charles Dugan of Heppner, at 8 p m in the Heppner school
and his wife Mrs Frances Griff- cafeteria, it was announced to
in, Lexington. !day.
pnpr' gazette-
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February
Proposal
ec! out that there is no publicly
owned park or recreational area
in the county and the groups
felt that the Rock creek site
would make an ideal park.
The state parks department
agreed that the site was ex
cellent but stated that it doubt
ed that it would be used very
little by anyone except local res
idents. The letter said, in part," . . .
The area was given very care
ful consideration by the plann
ing section of the park division.
While it was found to be a very
delightful place, and could be
developed into a spot of great
interest, it felt that its use would
be almost entirely local. For
that reason it is the feeling of
the commission that it should be
developed by the local commun
ity or county. The commission
does appreciate your effort in the
search for areas of recreational
value even though some cannot
be developed by the state."
The matter was turned over to
the chamber recreation and wild
life committee for further consid
eration and the thought was ex
pressed that the state possibly
was overlooking the fact that
highway 207, on which the site
is located, is now being paved
across the mountains and that in
a few years it will be carrying
considerably more tourist traff
ic than it now. does
Death Takes Korean
Orphan Destined for
Heppner Family
The Korean orphan baby who
died last week enroute to this
country on the Harry Holt "baby-
lift" plane had been adopted by
Mr and Mrs Hubert WUson of
Heppner. The Wilsons were in
San Francisco to get the eight
month old girl when they re
ceived word that she had died
from pneumonia while the plane
was delayed at Wake Island
while crossing the Pacific.
The little girl Is the first of
the many hundreds of Korean
children brought to this country
by Holt, Creswell, Oregon farm
er, to die during the trip over the
ocean.
Chamber Hears of
Need for Leadership
In Youth Activities
Mrs E M Baker of lone report
ed to the chamber of commerce
Monday noon on the work of the
youth activities committee of the
Morrow county Town and Coun
try Planning conference and told
the group that more adult lead
ership is needed in nearly all
fields of youth activities.
Mrs Baker said that there isn't
any complete agreement on youth
activity problems, even among
the youngsters themselves. She
reported that a survey of county
school students showed some
youngsters feel more activities are
needed, while many others say
there are already plenty of them.
She told how the group was
trying to delve into the overall
problem and that a final report
will be made at the conference
to be held February 18 at the
Lexington Grange hall.
Exchange Students
To Speak at P-TA
"Become aquainted with our
global friends," is the slogan for
the P-TA meeting to be held
Wednesday, February 12 at 8:00
p m in the grade school multi
purpose room.
Two foreign exchange students
will be present to speak. They
are Francoise Nanur of France
and Wolfgang Steise of Germany,
both of whom are attending Pen
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SOIL MEN DISCUSS REPORT Officers of the Heppner Soil Conservation District are shown dis
cussing the annual report which was presented at the recent annual meeting of the organizat
ion. Shown left to right are Raymond French who was reelected district chairman; N C Ander
son, secretary, showing the
and Ralph Saylor, Echo, past
Soil District
Notes Work
At Annual Meeting
More strip cropping and reduct
ion of stubble with stubble re
ducing implements before plow
ing were among the goals and
recommendations of conservat
ion practices for 1958 made by
supervisors of the Heppner soil
conservation district at its ann
ual meeting Monday night at the
Lexington Grange hall. More than
50 attended.
Raymond French, Heppner and
Donald Peterson lone, were re
elected to four-year terms as dis
trict supervisors. Officers re
elected were French, chairman;
Peterson, vice chairman; Ray
mond Lundell, lone; treasurer
and N C Anderson, Heppner, sec
retary. A progress report covering 16
years since the formation of the
district showed 266 active district
cooperators covering a total of
784,251 acres. Major conservat
ion practices established to date
include 9,837 acres of strip crop
ping; 33,684 acres of contour
farming; 4,835 acres of conservat
ion crop rotations; 680,001 acres
of range improvement; 129,504
acres of crop residue utilization;
3,925 acres, brush control; 3,519
acres, range seeding; 42,815 lin
ear feet of channel improve
ments; 60 diversion dams; 2,643
acres land leveling; 101 ponds
constructed; 3,466 acres, improv
ed water application; 2,239 acres,
pasture planting; 30 acres, wind
break planting and 145 acres
wildlife area improvement.
Conservation farm planning in
the Heppner district is over 87
per cent complete with only 30
farms remaining in the area
without plans, the report showed
Many of the plans are in need
bf revision and will receive first
priority after present applications
are serviced, it was pointed out.
District owned equipment for
rental to cooperators Include a
terracer, cultipacker, Brillion
packer, noble blade and grass
legume drill, according to the re
port. During 1957 the district re
ceived applications from 10 new
icooperators totaling 35,363 acres,
bringing total applications to 323
covering approximately 904,580
acres. ,
Charles Ross, extension forest
er, Oregon State college, showed
colored slides illustrating beaut
ification and protection of farm
steads with windbreaks. Every
Eastern Oregon farm should have
a windbreak for comfort and
beauty he said.
"Sixteen years of soil and wat
er progress in the Heppner SCD
illustrated with colored slides in
the district was discussed by Tom
Wilson, work unit conservation
ist, soil conservation service.
French presided at the session
and presented Orian Wright with
a past supervisor's plaque. Other
members of the current board of
supervises are John Wightman,
Heppner and Alvin Wagenblast,
Lexington. Advisory supervisors
are Charles Carlson, Don Mc
Elligott, lone; Dick Krebs, Cecil;
Joe Doherty, Pilot Rock; W E
Hughes, Heppner; Kenneth Peck,
Gene Cutsforth, New't O'Harra,
Lexington. ,
Refreshments after the meet
ing were furnished by the Lex
ington Implement company and
Hatfield grocery.
Mr and Mrs Lowell Cribble
returned Sunday from a weeks
business trip and vacation to
Phoenix, Arizona.
6, 1958
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FLOWERS AND TREES SHOW BLOOMS
AS WINTER FAILS TO APPEAR-YET!
The calendar says its winter,
but from the temperature and
the actions of many flowers and
trees, spring is either here or
winter certainly has lost its grip.
Two weeks ago this paper re
ported a tulip in full bloom and
since that time there have been
many other reports that plants
and trees are coming to life and
Dimes Drive Nets
Nearly $1200
Since January 20
A total of $1199.24 has been
turned in since January 20 in
the 1958 March of Dimes drive,
it was reported this week. This
does not include .all monies re
ceived to date, for a full account
ing of money which came in prior
to January 20 is not complete.
Holding the honors for the
greatest collection is Heppner
high school's Teens For Polio
campaign which netted the drive
$542.63. The Heppner grade
school added $105 and Elks act
ivities another $21.40. The March
of Dimes benefit shoot given by
the Morrow county gun club and
the Elks showed a profit of $140
and the Mother's March on Polio
under the chairmanship of Mrs
Rod Murray netted $104.45. Coin
collections since Jan 20 are $38.45,
it was reported.
A total of $113.68 was received
from campaign work in lone with
$126.68 coming from many coffee
hours and $17 from mailers. In
Lexington polio mailers brought
in $100.63.
The present total drive figure
is thought to be in the vicinity
of $1800, but it was emphasized
that there are still several com
munities which haven't made
any report to date.
Sayers Moves To
Portland Post Office
Floyd Sayers, career postal
clerk in the Heppner post office
has been transferred to the down
town Portland office and will
start his new duties there next
Saturday.
Sayers came to Heppner from
Portland in October, 1951 and
during his more than six years
here has been very active In civic
affairs. He served as com
mander of the Heppner Leg
ion post for one year, worked in
Junior Legion baseball and sev
eral other sport activities, was
a member of the Heppner Jay
Cees, and served as drive chair
man for several county-wide fund
campaigns.
Sayers' wife operates Kay's
Fountain-Lunch and will remain
here with their family until the
end of the school year.
The vacancy in the local post
office staff will be filled by Mrs
Vern Edwards.
WEATHER
The Heppner weather station
reports:
Hi Low
Thursday 51 34
Friday 51 34
Saturday 52 34
Sunday 48 33
Monday 41 30
Tuesday 48 32
Wednesday 46 34
Prec
.10
.02
.22
Rainfall for the week .34; for
January 1.56; for February .22;
for the year 1.78 Inches.
Times
74th Year, Number 48
forester at Oregon State college.
showing buds and sprouts. All
'are at least a month ahead of
normal.
The latest report tells of a l;irge
maple tree in a yard on north
Gale street in full bloom. There
have been no other reports of
tulips showing color, but nearly
every yard shows tulip and daf
fodil leaves well above ground.
Many rose bushes and other
shrubs and bushes have been
showing leaves for one or two
weeks.
Several long-time residents of
the county have reported the
present winter to be the warmest
and most "open" in their mem
ory. The lowest temperature record
ed at Heppner during the past
week was only 30 degrees, and
the coldest it has been the en
tire winter was 18 above. Snow
has fallen on only two occasions
and neither time did it last long
enough to much more than Whit
en the ground for a few minutes.
Funeral Services
Scheduled Friday
For Robert Gammell
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 2 p m at the Creswick
Mortuary chapel for Robert Gam
mel, 82 years of age, who passed
away February 4 following a
long illness. The Rev Charles
Knox will officiate.
Mr Gammell was born October
10, 1875 at Villesca, Iowa and
came to Morrow county 47 years
ago from Wyoming. He died at
Pioneer Memorial hospital where
he had been a patient for the
past one and one-half years.
He is survived by his wife Le-
Vonnie of Heppner; three sons,
Mancel of Grand Junction, Color-1 mainder of Garnet Barratt's un
ado, Lester of Adams, Oregon and , expired term (three years) or
Marvin of Heppner; two daught- whether he would have to run for
ers Mrs Mary reamer ana Mrs
ner; 1U grandchildren and 17
great-grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Hepp
nor Masonic cemetery.
Council Discusses
Purchase of Lot
In one of the shortest meetings
in many months, the Heppner
city council Monday night dis
cussed plans for the possible
joint purchase with the county
of a lot at the corner of south
Court and May streets to allow
widening of that corner before
the street is paved later this
year. If it is obtained, the re
mainder of the lot will be clear
ed and used by the county for
a parking lot to serve the court
house.
One building permit for $400
for alterations and repair was is
sued to Larry Dowen, and further
investigation will be made on
a new house numbering plan for
the city.
Bull Riding Again
On Rodeo Program
Ed Ring of Wilbur, Washing
ton has been hired again to furn
ish the stock for the 1958 Morrow
county fair and rodeo, fillowing
a meeting of the rodeo committee
Tuesday evening.
It was also announced that
bull riding would be included in
this year's program after an ab
sence of two years. .
Mr and Mrg Jack Bedford re-
turned Tuesday from a few days
In Portland.
Umatilla Losing Ground
In Battle For Highway
The Umatilla county court was into Oregon at Boardman and
continuing this week to grasp at
all straws in an effort to find
support for its contention that
the proposed Ellensburg-Oregon
highway should cross the Colum
bia river over t he Umatilla bridge
rathor than be routed further
west and cross the river on a
new bridge at Boardman.
Federal highway planners, the
Washington state highway com
mission, the Morrow county court
the Heppner Morrow County
chamber of Commerce, the City
of Boardman, and several other
groups want the road to come
BOARDMAN FERRY
START SEEN
Boardman and Morrow
county may soon again have
a direct ferry link with the
Washington shore, it has
been reported this week.
E W Peck, Boardman, re
portedly is planning to start
the operation of a cross-Columbia
ferry within a short
time having leased equip
ment from the Stevenson
Towboat company of Stev
enson, Washington. The fer
ry landing on the Oregon
shore would be about three
quarters of a mile west of
Boardman and the Washing
ton end would connect with
the road formerly used by
traffic taking the old Pater
son ferry which was purch
ased by the Umatilla Bridge
Company and discontinued
some time ago.
According to reports, the
new ferry may be placed in
operation within a short
time.
Interest Begins
To Perk Up for
County Offices
Some interest is being shown in
local politics this week, as the
deadline for the filing for nom
inations comes closer, but on
Wednesday no actual filings had
yet been made, county clerk
Bruce Lindsay reported. The last
day for filing is Friday, March
7.
Five county offices will be op
en this year. They are county
judge, one county commissioner,
district attorney, county clerk
and assessor. Also all county pre
cinct committeemen and women
are elected at the primary elect-
Ion.
Four incumbents Wednesday
indicated that they will file to
succeed themselves within the
next few weeks. They are county
Judge Oscar E Peterson, clerk
Bruce Lindsay, assessor Harry
Dinges and district attorney
Robert Abrams. Commissioner
Ralph I Thompson stated that he
will not run for another term
and so far no one has indicated
an interest in the job.
Some misunderstanding arose
earlier as to whether judge Pet-
erson was nnDin(G(i for the re
the post at the COming election,
In the announcement of the ap
pointment from Governor Holmes
office, it was stated that he
would serve for the remainder
of the term, but district attorney
Abrams since has determined
that the law requires the ap
pointee to run for the position
at the next general election fol
lowing his appointment. Peter
son said that he will file shortly.
So far the only county post
that hasn't attracted any takers
Is the one commissioner's job
now held by Thompson. Neither
has anyone shown any interest
in any of the precinct posts, but
these frequently are filled by
write-in.
Missionaries Slated
At lone Church
Mr and Mrs Emil Rilling, miss
ionaries to Southern Rhodesia,
will conduct special services to
night (Thursday- at the lone
Baptist church at 7:30. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
Mrs Rillings is the former
Phyllis Casebolt who helped con
duct summer vacation Bible
school some years ago at the
Heppner Christian church.
WINDOW BLOWN OUT
BY STOVE BLAST
A big plate glass window In
front of the Pacific Power and
Light company office was blown
out Sunday night about 11 o'
clock when an oil stove in the
rear of the building backfired.
The blast blew the pipe off the
stove and set fire to a nearby
mop. It also scattered soot
throughout the entire building.
i connect with highways 30 and
730 at that point.
During the past week Umatilla
county judge D R (Sam) Cook
solicited the aid of the Benton
county (Washington) court at
Prosser in supporting its claim
that the new road should be
routed through Prosser and into
the Umatilla bridge. This how
ever, fell flat, when the Benton
court declined to get into the
fight by stating that they con
sidered their work limited to
county roads and didn't intend
to get tangled up in any arg
ument over the proposed federal
highway.
The Umatilla county judge re
ceived another rebuff during the
week at the hands of an Oregon
highway official who indicated
that it was doubtful if the fed
eral planners would accept the
Umatilla bridge as a part of any
federal highway system largely
because it was too narrow for
even two lanes by federal stand
ards and also that the highway
would require a four lane river
crossing.
Tri-Cities Help Asked
The Umatilla court also sought
the aid of the Kennewick chamb
er of commerce ,and other cham
bers in the Tri-CiHes area aid
which possibly could tend to only
further confuse the issue. The
chambers of commerce in that
area would like to see the pro
posed road take a completely dif
erent route than proposed by
either of the other plans, one
which would come clear into the
Tri-Cities area before turning
south into Oregon. The Washing
ton highway department how
ever, already has approved the
federal route which would run
from Ellonsburg to a point near
Toppenlsh then swing south to
a point on the Columbia river ap
proximately opposite Boardman
on the Washington shore.
How actively Umatilla is fight
ing the proposed route is shown
in a story in last Saturday's
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
which quoted judge Cook as
charging the highway commiss
ions of both states with giving
Umatilla county the "run
around" on the issue. It stated
that Cook said the Umatilla
county court is taking direct act
Ion in an attempt to block the
Morrow county entry, and that
special delivery letters have been
sent to all of Oregon's congress
men. Oregon To Act
Umatilla county has received
the support of Governor Robert
D Holmes who last week asked
the state highway commission to
give consideration to the Uma
tilla proposal. It was in the same
story, which came out of Salem,
that state highway engineer W C
Williams said that the federal
government would never approve
the use of the Umatilla bridge
on a federal freeway because it
was too narrow.
Before the overall road plan
can be developed, wherever it
may fmally be located, the Ore
gon state highway commission
must also approve the route as
has the Washington commission.
It will be considered by the Ore
gon commission at its meeting
in Portland February 27.
The Morrow county court has
indicated that it will have rep-
resentation at the commission
meeting to urge acceptance of
the Boardman route.
48 Youngsters to
Get Swim Awards
Forty eight Heppner boys and
girls will soon receive certificates
for completing beginning and
intermediate swimming lessons
during last summer's Red Cross
swimming instruction at the
Heppner pool, it was revealed
this week. The certificates were
received recently by Mrs Orville
Cuasforth, county Red Cross head.
Sixty-five beginners started
the course with 28 completing the
Instruction. Twenty-nine started
in the intermediate group and 20
finished.
The beginners who will short
ly receive their certificates are
Eric Anderson, Mark and Chris
Brown, Greg Kreimeyer, Kerby
Bailey, David Matheny, Jerry
Waggoner, Gary Dick, Vickie
Kreimeyer, Patty Collins, Linda
Heath, Judy Jones Bob Harris,
Mike Sweek, Meredith Webb,
Wayne Evans, Deane Robison,
Ronnie Jones, Steve Pettyjohn,
Diane Warren, Linda Thompson,
Maralee Murray, Ronnie Cris
man. Mark Murray, Brenda
Young, Nancy Cleveland, Betty
Angel, Rogena Wilson.
Intermediates are Bruce Thom
son, Ann Jones, Ted Turner, Judy
Schmidt, Karen McCurdy, Marline
Fetsch Dianne Schaffitz, Barbara
Blake, Rodney Ayers, Gary Dow
ne, Charyl Bellenbrock, Larry
Heath, Tim Driscoll, Bob Massey,
Roseann Ayers, Coral Oslund, Jay
Ball, Bill Snyder, Patty Mahon
and Laura Summers.