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LIBRARY i i er EUGENE. ORE. V . it ' J-MV t2l r ? I . QUEEN PATRICIA STEAGALL Pat Steagall Named 1958 Rodeo Queen Miss Tatricia Jean Steagall, 19, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Steagall of Lexington has been chosen Queen of the 1958 Morr ow county Fair and Rodeo. The announcement was made late last week by the rodeo committ ee. Queen Pat, who was a Fair and Rodeo princess in 1956, is a sen ior at Lexington high school. She is five feet, two inches tall, weighs a trim 110 pounds and has brown eyes and hair. She has been outstanding in athletics, having won several times in the Junior Olympics, and has been active in nearly all school sports. She has been riding since she was about six years old and has distinguished herself on many occasions by her performances with the Wranglers riding club. Her favorite hobbies are headed by riding, but she includes in the list, all sports and working. Some of her other activities in clude 4 H club work, serving as secretary of her class since she was a sophomore, and at present she is secretary of the Lexington high school student body. Queen Patricia comes from a family of seven, having three brothers and three sisters, two World Prayer Day Slated February 21 There will be a World Day of Prayer service Friday, Feb 21 at 2 p m at the Heppner Christ ian church, it was announced this week by members of the Union Missionary society, sponsorers of the Day. The service has been prepared by a group of women who are members of churches within the Australian council for the World Council of Churches. Participat ing groups In this council are the Church of Christ, society of Friends, Church of England, Con gregationalists, Lutherans, Meth odists and Presbyterians. It Is estimated that 70 percent of the 10 million population of Austral ia is directly related to these groups. Some of the prayers to be used have been written by women of the Australian Aborigines, the original residents or that cont inent who number about. 60,000 and live In a tribal society. The Australian government is giving serious consideration to their needs and is making a defin ite effort to preserve arts, crafts nd patterns of society and re ligious life. The public is invited to par ticipate in the services. CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET The Heppner Civic League will meet Monday evening, February 17 at 8 p m in the dihector's room of the Bank of Eastern Oregon. WEATHER The Heppner weather station reports: Hi Low Prec Thursday 57 32 .02 Friday 52 36 .21 Saturday 52 33 Sunday 53 41 .05 Monday 55 41 Tuesday 55 32 Wednesday 54 43 .48 Total rainfall for the week .76; for February .98; for the year 2.54 inches. others of whom also have served on the Fair and Rodeo royal court. Her older sister Deanna was a princess in 1954, and last year another sister Barbara was a member of the court. Queen Pat has broken several horses in the past few years and she will appear in fair and rodeo events riding her own brown re gistered thorobred whose name is Justice K Kratzer. Traditionally the queen is the first member of the royal court to be named and other mem bers will be selecttd in the near future by the sponsoring organ izations. Cemetery District Requests Payments For Annual Care i Members of the board of the Heppner cemetery maintenance district call attention to all pat rons of the annual care method of lot maintenance, that the pay- j ments of $10.00 must be made to Mrs Elaine S George, secretary' Heppner, on or before March 1, in order that the work can be! completed in time for Memorial, Day. Should the payments not' be received by April 1st, annual care will be discontinued. Re- J guests for information regard ing the various types of maint enance should be directed to the secretary. At the regular meeting in Feb ruary, election of officers for the district was held. Paul Jones and Elaine S George were retained in their offices as chairman and secretary-treasurer. John Pfeiffer is the third member of the board. MRS MARY HILL POLLARD. Christian church missionary, who will speak at the Heppner Christian church Monday ev ening, February 17, Indian Missionary To Speak Monday Mrs Mary Hill Pollard, a Christ ian church missionary to India will speak at the Heppner Chris tian church Monday evening, Feb 17, at 7:30, Mrs Pollard was born In Idaho and graduated from Whitman college at Walla Walla. She has served off and on in the mission ary field in India since 1923 and since 1951 her work has been In a community near Takhatpur. She has served with many schools In India. X r nit-i-"" " Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Past Week's Storms Add to County's Rainfall Total The rains continued to come to Morrow county during the past week with over three-quarters of an inch falling at Hepp ner in the past seven days end ing Wednesday morning, and al most one-half an inch coming in a 12 hour period during Tues day night and Wednesday morn ing. The Tuesday night storm brought .48 inch of precipitation to Heppner and it was still rain ing when the measurement was taken Wednesday morning. Dur ing the same period .80 was re corded at the Gooseberry weather station. As far as could be determined, erosion damage was slight be cause of the latest storm, though some fields suffered some cutting and silt and mud was reported on several roads and Heppner streets. Temperatures continued to re mind residents more of spring than of winter. The lowest ther ing the past week was 32 de mometer reading in Heppner dur grees Tuseday morning and all maximums during the same per iod were well up In the 50's. results of the Tuesday night Creeks in the area showed the downpour as most raised sever al inches and were quite muddy. The continuing mild weather brought a halt last weekend to logging operations of Heppner Pine Mills. Roads in the upper Willow creek section were near ly impassable to regular cars by Sunday due to softness caused by frost coming out of the ground. Roads In the lower ele vations aFe entirely free of frost though many are somewhat slop py due to the continuing rains. Farmers generally welcomed the rain, though saturated fields cannot hold much additional moisture unless It comes gently- Boardman Names Farmer of Year by Merry Lee Marlow Charles Anderegg, chosen "Farmer of the Year" by the Boardman Soil Conservation Dis trict, was presented with a trophy at the regular monthly meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Skoubo Monday evening. The tro phy, presented by Skoubo, was donated by George Wiese of the Boardman Supply Company. Farm plan applictions were ap proved for the following farmers: LeRoy Gustafson of Irrigon; C W Graham, Harold Kress, Roy Ball, Jr, and Don Bellafy, all of Board mn. Guests at the meeting included Anderegg, Bob Slcard, Arthur Allen, Glen Carpenter, Joe Tatone George Wiese and Dewey West of Boardman; and Gustafson, R L Dewey and D L Anderson of Irrigon. Louis Parton and Don Leach of the Soil conservation office in Hermiston, and Nels An derson, Morrow county extension agent form Heppner, were also present. Injured Spray Pilot Well Known Locally Word was received in Hepp ner Wednesday that Roy Putman, Portland spray pilot who was In jured Monday when his plane crashed in a field near Hillsboro will return to Morrow county this spring to continue his spray ing operations. He has worked In this area for several years. Putman was not seriously In jured In the crash, though the pilot with him suffered a broken back. EXCHANGE PASTOR DUE METHODISTS The Rev Wayne Kobes, pastor of the Hermiston Methodist church will be the speaker at the Heppner Methodist church Sun day, Feb 16. His appearance Is prt of a program of sub-district pulpit exchange on that Sunday. Rev Boulden of Heppner will speak at the Echo Methodist that Sunday. ! Northern Lights Give Residents Show of Beautiful Colors For the fifth time in less than 12 months, the northern lights or Aurora Borealis, put on a beaut iful show Monday night for res idents of Morrow county and most of the northern part of the United States. The brilliant red display start ed at shortly after 6pm and continued until after 10:30 giv ing many persons the idea that Heppner Pine Mills plant was on fire, so brilliant was the color in the northwest sky at about 6:30. The showing was described as the most brilliant is nearly 1 25 years in this area. Morrow To Test One-Day Heart Drive for State Morrow county will be a trial county for a new type of cam paign in the annual Heart Sun day drive on February 23, the Rev Merlin Zier, county campaign chairman, has announced. Personal letters containing per tinent facts on heart disease, a financial statement on how funds are distributed and envelopes for gifts will be sent to all residents of the county. On heart Sunday volunteers will visit all homes to receive the gift envelopes from all who wish to contribute. Per sons away from home may mail in their contributions in envel opes enclosed for that purpose, Rev Zier said. The schools In the county are cooperating In the campaign with high school student body presi dents serving as chairman in each community. Students will visit homes in pairs for collect ion on Heart Sunday. In the rur al areas of Lexington and lone co-chairman are Mrs June Cooper Lexington, representing the Am erican Legion auxiliary and Mrs Elden Padberg, president of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority. Women from these groups will collect in their respective ranch areas. Student chairman are Ed Gro shens, Heppner; Ivan Kress, Boardman; Berl Akers, lone; Dex ter Miles, Lexington and Warren Inskeep, Irrigon. Pictures of the community chairman will be printed on one side of the in formation material enclosed in the Heart Sunday letters. Other county drive officers are iW F Siewert, treasurer and Mrs 'Tom Wilson, publicity director, 'both of Heppner. The campaign will be limited to the one Sunday, Feb 23, in the county, it was stressed. An estimated ten million Americans suffer from some form of the heart and blood vessel diseases which cause more deaths in the nation and the community than all other causes combined, it was pointed out. More than 500,000 victims are children. Officials in the state heart drive headquarters approved the personal letter and follow-up Sunday visit in Morrow county and will be watching the results with particular interest, it was explained "We wished to present all the pertinent information on heart disease to county residents for their support without any type of pressure," county officers said. lone High Names Honor Students The lone high school honor roll for the second nine weeks shows names of the following students: Sophomores Phil Emert, Lin da Heimbigner, Karen Lundell, Grant Rlgby. Juniors Kenneth Jones. Seniors Mardine Baker, Ann Belle Coleman, Grace McCabe, Kay Sherer. All above received 3.25 or bet ter. On the honorable mention roll are: freshman Jean Martin and Kenneth Smouse; sophomores, Mary Emert and Melvin Martin; seniors Berl Akers. Mrs and Mrs Wate Crawford of lone were visitors last Truhs day at the home of Mr and Mrs Alfred Troedson. February 13, 1958 I , I v . ' ' i f - ' I Trinr "I T minim -ihwiiii lain lim T 1 nt if .i , NEW FHA OFFICERS New officers of the Heppner high school chapter of the Future Homeniakers of America are, front row right to left, Shirley Van Winkle, president; Marlene Griffin, vice president; Fern Albert, secretary; back row, right to left Ronnie Belsma, parliamentarian; Doris Morris, treasurer; Nancy Moyer, degree chairman; and Connie Anderson, reporter. The Heppner chapter has a membership of 50 girls. Mrs Jack Van Winkle was selected chapter mother, Mrs Edgar Albert assist ant chapter mother, and Mrs Homer Hager, homemaking teacher Is their advisor. (qx Photo) WASHINGTON HI-WAY DIRECTOR SAYS BOARDMAN ROAD ROUTE NEARLY SURE The original plan for the pro posed Ellensburg-Oregon high way, which would enter Oregon a short distance east of Board man in Morrow county, appear ed closer to certain Wednesday evening when William Bugge, director of the Washington State Highway Department, told inter ested persons In the Tri -Cities. Washington area that, "There is little chance the Ellensburg-Oregon highway route will be chang ed." BuHEe's statement was releas ed over a Kennewick television station. He also stated that he did not know what would be the consequences if the Oregon High way Commission did not approve the route. The Morrow county court and many other Morrow organizat National Elks Note 90th Anniversary of Organization's Start The Benevolent and Protect ive Order of Elks will celebrate its 90th birthday February 16. The milestone will be observed by banquets, balls, open house celebrations and other ways by the 1,815 Elks lodges and their 1,200,000 members from coast to coast, in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone and Manila. The Heppner Elks lodge will celebrate its 61st birthday on February 22 with its "annual". Throughout its 90 years, the Elks have remained faithful to the ideals of its founders. They have enriched their own lives through their good fellowship and the lives of others through the expenditure of $150,000,000 for scores of benevolent projects. Annually, Elks benefactions ex ceed $7,000,000. The Elks Nation al Foundation, a nation-wide trust fund of the order, has fi nanced special training for more than 500 doctors, nurses and therapists in the latest tech niques of treating cerebral palsy, forget so long as a single vet Elks also are pledged never to eran remains in a hospital and the order carries on a year-round program of entertainment and recreation for the patients in 165 vets hospitals. Grand Exalted Ruler H L Blackledge of Kearney, Neb raska noted, ,Our 90th birthday finds the Order of Elks proudly at the peak of all its interesting years, but instead of looking backward with complacency we continue to look forward with anticipation, eager and ready for the challenges of another year." 1958 Jury List Released Today Published In today's paper is the complete jury list for Morr ow county for 1958. From the 500 names drawn for the list, jury panels will be drawn when needed. Mr and Mrs Frank W Turner drove to Portland last weekend. Returning to her home in Port land with them was Mrs Turner's sister, Mrs Sophia Barr, who had been visiting in Heppner. 74th Year, Number 49 ions and individuals have been working for Oregon acceptance of the Federal and Washington recommendation, while the Um atilla county court and others In that area are working to get the route changed to enter Oregon over the Umatilla bridge The Oregon commission will consider the plan at the meeting February 27. Attack Claims Mrs Reta Ovialt Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 p m at the Hep pner Methodist church for Reta Merle Oviatt, 68, who passed a way suddenly February 10 at Pioneer Memorial hospital fol lowing a heart attack suffered the evening before. Mrs Oviatt was a resident of Portland but had lived in Hepp ner for several years. She was in Heppner to be witli her sister, Mrs Henry Happold, following the death less than two weeks go of another sister, Mrs Viv ian Kane. Mrs Oviatt was born Septem ber 21, 1889 at Sheridan, Ore and had lived all her life In the state. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs Vera Happold, Heppner; and Bes sie Yocom church, Portland; three brothers, Lawrence Funk, Wasco; Richard Yocom Rufus; Ercel Yocom, Pendleton; two sons, Kenneth R Oviatt, Boise; and Marion C Oviatt, Corpus Christi, Texas. She also leaves 'five grandchildren and two great in 1954. The Rev R V Lester Boulden officiated at the services and in terment was Thursday at the Sheridan cemetery, Sheridan, Oregon. Creswick Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Navy Recruiter Sets Visit Locally Chief Gunner's Mate Ray Bau mans, USN, Navy recruiter for this area, will be at the post office In Heppner on Tuesday, February 18 to interview appli cants for enlistments In the Navy. Baumann says that "due to the great number of Korean war vet erans now being discharged, the Navy has authorized me to ac cept applications for enlistment from this area in unlimited num bers." Eligible young men and worn en who are interested in the na val service may contact Chief Baumann when he is in Heppner at the post office or at the Navy Recruiting sub-station located In the post office building at Pen dleton. The Pendleton station is open from 9 to 5 on weekday! and from 9 to 12 noon on Sat urdays. Mrs Paul Webb Sr of Walla Walla has been visiting at the homes of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs Paul Webb Jr, and of her daughter and son- in-law, Mr and Mrs Howard Cleveland. 10-Year Planning Meeting Tuesday at Lexington Grange The results of many long hours of work by members of six main committees and dozens of sub committees will bo made public Tuesday at the Morrow county Town and Country Planning con ference which is to be held at the Lexington Grange hall. The conference will be under the dir ection of Kenneth Peck, general chairman. The conference is expected to draw a big crowd of interested persons from the entire county and it is hoped by those In charge that there will be a good repre sentation of city residents. A large share of the committee work has been done bv rural res idents, but the results and find ings are of importance to all res idents of the area. The meeting will onen at 10 a m and it is hoped that it will oe concluded by 3:30 or shortly thereafter. The members of the Lexington crantre HEC will serve lunch at noon for all those at tending at a charge of $1.00 per plate it was announced. The conference.- which is hold every 10 vears. is the fourth snrh event in Morrow county. All pnases of the county s economy youth, home, recreation and liv- ing problems have been invest igated by the various committops and recommendations will be made for the coming years. Re ports will be civen on thp no. complishments of the nast m year period as they relate to the recommendations of the former conference and how thev can in. fluence future action. The six main committees are: home and community living with Mrs Norman Nelson, chairman: youth activities, Mrs E M Baker, chairman; farm crops, Frank An derson, chairman; livestock, Ger aid Swageart. chairman: mihlic education, Gene Cutsforth, chair man; conservation and land use, Alvin Bunch, chairman. Each committee has had several sub committees working under it, and u is known that at least 150 rec ommendations will be made at the conference Tuesday. Many more suggestions and Ideas are expected to come from those pres ent at the meeting. Reports Heard Preliminary reports on what will be recommended at the con ference were heard Monday by ine cnamDer or commerce. Mrs Nelson, chairman of the home and community living committ ee, told of the accomplishments of the last such conference 10 years ago and told of a survey of over 1000 county homes by ner committee. Among the points to be covered by her full report will be a county museum, pro blems coming from population gain, need for crossroad signs, and many others. Gene Cutsforth. head of the1 public education committee, told the chamber that studies have been made on county education problems, the need for a contin uing county road tax levy, school reorcanization. tho establishment of a Morrow county port district, tne neert tor a junior college in the Columbia basin area, and student counseling. The conference is open to the public. Area PP&L Crews Set Safety Record Pacific Power & Light company employees In the Pendleton area have achieved a safety record of working more than five years without a time-loss accident, it was revealed her Wednesday by J R Huffman, local manager for Pacific Power & Light company. The employees in the district have received a special comm endation from PP&L Executive vice-president D R McCIung for this outstanding safety perform ance, which exceeded 500,000 man-hours without a time-loss injury on the job. McCIung congratulated the Pendleton group for the part they have played In the company's five-state system safety record, which recently received national recognition. The power company's Pendle ton district covers the areas of Pendleton, Hermiston, Heppner, Umatilla, Pilot Rock and Athena. Huffman reported the local area crews have worked with out loss-time accident since Jan uary 12, 1953, an outstanding ac complishment earning for the district the distinction of the sec ond longest safety performance in the company. The Pendleton crews have been topped only by The Dalles workers, according to Fons J Hughes, safety director of PP&L.
