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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
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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.
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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
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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.