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Hearing Method
Disliked By
Morrow Delegation
Morrow county's hopes for a
direct highway link between
Boardman and the Yakima val
ley received a setback last week
end when the Oregon state high
way commission voiced strong
favoritism for a change in the
route to bring it into the state
over the Umatilla bridge. The
commission's engineers had prev
iously stated that the bridge was
not feasible for use in any fed
eral inter-state highway system.
The attitude of the commission
members and the engineers dis
appointed Morrow county rep
resentatives who attended the
hearing held last Thursday and
Friday in Portland and present
ed this area's arguments in sup
port of the Boardman crossing
which had previously been pro;
posed by the Federal highway
engineers and approved by the
Washington state highway de
partment. Bucking the Washnig
ton and Morrow county propos
al was a Umatilla county dele
gation headed by county judge
Sam Cook" who pleaded that if
a new bridge were to be built
at Boardman, it would break
the Umatilla toll bridge on which
there is over $5,000,000 still ow
ing. The Umatilla group asked, and
the highway commission agreed
that the planned highway from
Ellensburg to Oregon be rerouted
from a point near Satus In the
lower Yakima valley to follow a
more easterly direction to the
north end of the Umatilla bridge
which is nearly 20 miles up
stream from the proposed Board
man crossing at Blalock Island.
An Oregon highway engineer
stated that the new routing
would require little or no' ad
ditional length of road in Wash
ington, but this statement has
been seriously questioned by
county judge Oscar Peterson and
others from here who attended
the hearing. They claim the
Umatilla route will require at
least 10 miles of additional high
way in Washington and about 12
to 15 miles more in Oregon. In
addition, the Morrow group point
ed out that to bring the high
way through Umatilla, Hermis
ton and Stanfield would be
bringing it into a bottleneck area
of heavy population and high
property costs.
The Morrow delegation ex
pressed displeasure with the com
mission's method of announcing
its decision at least a full day ne "w held by Ralph Thomp
ahead of the Friday afternoon son- Heppner, who Is not seeking
hearing when the local group reelection,
was scheduled to present its side The one office where a prim
fif the case. Some of those from ; ary contest is assured Is that of
borrow county and Boardman ' assessor. Incumbent Harry Ding
who presented briefs at the hear-' es filed several weeks ago and
ing have stated since that the 'this week Delmer Buschke of
hearing was in effect "a waste of Heppner filed petitions seeking
time" inasmuch as the commiss- the nomination. Both are Repub
ion members apparently had licans.
made up their minds on the The other filing was made by
question before the Morrow county judge Oscar Peterson, Re
group had been given a chance publican, who seeks a full term,
to speak. He was appointed in January by
Joint Discussion Due Governor Robert D Holmes to
ThP Oregon commission act- fill the vacancy created by the
ii all v left the issue up in the
air though they made their ideas
known, for the whole plan must
be approved by both the Oregon
and Washington highway com-,
mission and the Federal planners
before the project can receive a
final OK. Whether the Washing-
ton commission will acceed to
the Oregon plan is not known,
but joint discussions were slated
for sometime this month by the
Oregon highway commission. j
The Morrow county delegation
has sent its briefs and lnformat-
ion on to the Washington com-
mission and is urging that group
to hold to its original plan for
a river crossing at Boardman. ,
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CHAB Ltu siitu
A crab feed, an annual event
of the Heppner Elks lodge, will
be held Saturday evening, March
22, it was announced this week
by lodge officers.
Council Approves New Mouse
Numbering Plan For Heppner
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LT (jg) DONALD E BLAKE, son
pner, receives his Navy Wings
ouicer iapi ueorge d inauee. ne was aesiynaiea a navai aviaior
at the Naval air station at Hutchinson, Kansas. He qualified as
a navai aviaior teo n, roiiowing preliminary mum-enginea ,
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training, ana la now undergoing n weens oi aavancea uuirun
ion in the Navy's P2V Neptune patrol bomber.
Resent Filings
Indkafe Increased
Political Interest
A rash of near last-minute fil
ings early this week gave ass
urance that there will be a con
test for at least one county of
fice in the May primary elect
ion, and the possibility of more.
One office, that of county com
missioner, which until this week
had interested no one, now has
two persons seeking it one Dem
ocrat and one Republican. E O
(Gene) Ferguson, Heppner Re
publican filed for the position,
and Jasper Myers, Butter Creek
rancher, has indicated that he
will seek the Democratic nom
ination for the job. Wednesday
he had filed one petition, and
stated that his complete filing
would be made before the dead
line, Friday at 5 p in, The open
commissioner's position is the
resignation of judge Garnett
Barratt. Peterson had previously
said that he rjlanned to file,
oiex Man Files
Late Wednesday word was re
ceived that Frank Weatherford, 1
oiex rancher, had filed in Salem ,
for the Democratic nomination
for the state legislature from the
22nd district which includes Mor-
row, Gilliam, Wheeler and Sher-;
man counties. The seat has been
held by Charles Allen Tom of
Rufus who is not seeking re-1
election. So far no Republican
has shown any interest in the
job. I
Weatherford, who has a ranch
at uiex ana a cauie operation
at Kimberlv in Grant county, pre-
jvlously served two terms as Gil-
iiam county commissioner and on
VJICX -UUUl iuaiu. lie ai-
tended schools in Oiex and Ar-
lington and is a eraduate 0re' i
has three grown children.
On the state level the hottest
, contests appeared to be in the
governor's race where up to Wed
"Z. nesday, five Republicans and
tnree uemocrais naa meu. ine
strongest Republicans appeared
to be state treasurer Sig Unander
and secretary of state Mark Hat-
jfieldi though the reCent entry of
warren uni oi Luanun is caus
ing some concern in Republican
circles. The Democrats have Gov-
ernor Robert D Holmes, former
legislator Lew Wallace, and
of Mr and Mrs Earl Blake of Hep.
of Gold' from his commanding
Multnomah county assessor Wil
ey Smith all in the running.
Also of local Interest will be '
the contest for the second dis-1
UlL'L SL'cU ill Hie U O IsUilgie&Sf.
Incumbent Al Ullman, Democrat, t,een talked for many years ln'NOrfeS Committees
is seeking reelection; and the Re-j Heppner but prior to Monday A First Meetl'lld
publicans have Marlon Weather- nlght-s actlon by the council) Mt r,rsi
ford of Arlington running for theinothing definite had been done At the first official meeting of
post. Weatherford is a brother ( towards putting one into affect, the newly organized Morrow
of Frank Weatherford, who is One of the biggest advantages 1 county hospital auxiliary, Mrs
running on the Democratic tick
et for state representative,
Girls to Tackle All
Kinds of Jobs
Dlirina "Hobo Week"lare rePrte1 onlv as somebody's chairman of the name committee.
S house or business building. There 1 Mrs Alex Green was named
The Heppner chapter of the have been several times in re- j chairman of a committee to org
Future Homemakers of America icent years when the department anize a calendar of all holidays
will have a Hobo Week March 10ibefore belng able' to locate a flre
to la inclusive. Tne gins win
work evenings after school, Sat-'the
urday and Saturday evening at
various 1nhs. TIipv arp not work
ing for an hourly wage, since
they vary in age and training, 1
but are to be paid for the tasks'
when completed. J
The girls are interested in baby
sitting jobs, window washing,
furniture polishing, raking yards,
weeding flower gardens, assis-,
ting with house cleaning and
many others.
The Hobo Week is a means for ,
the girls to raise funds for the
chapter.
ELKS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
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announced last Thursday night at the lodge meeting, rust place awards, one each to a boy and
a girl, are $200 and second place winners receive S100 each. Top winners have a chance to com
pete in district and state contests. Pictured are John Hartman, left scholarship contest chairman,
and William Labhart extreme right exalted ruler. Winners, left to right are Jim Morris, Hepp
ner, first; Tom Currln, Heppner, second; Mardlne Baker, lone, second; and Joann Brosmaa, Hepp
ner, first place for girls, (Wilson Photo)
A new house numbering sys
tem will be put into effect in
Heppner by about the middle of
this year as a result of action
taken Monday night by the city
council when it approved a sys
tematic numbering plan proposed
by a council member, Robert
Penland.
The new system, which will
replace a completely inadequate
and largely unknown method,
will include a complete renumb
ering program and the install
ation of house numbers on every
residential and business build
ing in Heppner. It is planned to
follow the numbering with a
street sign installation as money
becomes available.
The house numbering program
will be financed by means of a
special levy of $1.00 for one
month fonlvl which will he nrtrl.
ed to au Water bills within the
cjty. The levy will be made at
about the time the numbers are
installed probably sometime be-
tween late May and Julv
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The new numbering plan calls
for four divisions of the city,
north, south, east and west with
the two dividing streets being
Main and May streets, the same
as Is being used at the present
time. Block numbers will run 100
to the block in every direction
from the central point the inter
section of Main and May streets.
Angle streets, such as Linden
Way, Riverside, Race Track street
(better known as the Willow
creek road) and others will be
numbered by the distance they
lie east or west of Main street.
Each block will carry 100 num
bers and if annexations are made
to the city In the future, the
numbering plan Is designed to
Include such areas in a logical
manner which will conform to
an presently numbered areas,
Numbers Bier Heln
A revised numherlnu nlan has
of a new plan will be to aid
I the fire department in locating
lire cans, ai tne present it is chairman of the charter commit
almost a necessity that firemen 'tee, Mrs C E McQuarrie, chair
know where each city resident man of the membership corn
lives because most fire alarms mlttee and Mrs Gene Pierce,
was iurceu o iry several sxreeis
After the numbers are Installed,
Heppner telephone directory
will also carry complete street
addresses for all subscribers
which will aid materially In dlr-
ection finding.
As tentatively planned, the
new house numbers will all be
Identical in style and will be
placed in approximately the
same position on all buildings:
either directly above the door, or
in the case of residences, on one
side of the door where easily
readable. The numbers will be
aluminum with bright numbers
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Senior winners of the annual ELKS lodge scholarship contest were
Morrow Sends 2
Delegates to 4-H
Week Conference
Two Morrow county 4-H club
members, Janet Wright of Hepp
ner and Karl Beach, Lexington,
will be delegates to a "Know
Your State Government" meeting
held Friday and Saturday in Sal
em as part of the observances
of 4-H club week. The week is
being observed throughout Mor
row county with 4-H window dis
plays and special activities.
The two Morrow representativ
es to attend the Salem confer
ence, the first to be held on state
government, were chosen because
of their records of accomplish
ments in 4-H projects, church,
school and community activities,
Both have outstanding records in
4-H work.
All delegates to the Salem con
ference will be Interviewed to
select two top boys and girls to
represent Oregon at the nation
al 4-H conference at Washing
ton D C in June. Two years ago
Janet's sister, Patricia was sel
ected to attend the national con
ference. Locally 4-H week has been ob
served by window displays In
several stores in Heppner, Lex
ington and lone and by members
appearing at civic group and
other meetings.
Governor Robert D Holmes
joined In the observance of the
week by Issuing a proclamation
that congratulated the members
on their efforts and praised the
4-H program for Its many values
in youth development and lead
ership. The announcement of the win
ners of the national club con
ference trips will conclude the
Salem conference Saturday after
noon. Hosoital Auxiliary
, ,..
Garland Swanson, president ap
pointed Mrs Jean Mallory as
ana arrange ior aiiiereni organ
izations to remember the hos
pital patients on specific holi
days thropgh the year.
days through the year.
Rosebaum, members of the Good
Shepherd hospital auxiliary of
Hermiston, spoke to the group,
telling them about their organ
izatlon and gave suggestions that
will be very helpful to this new
group,
Mrs Kathleen Leadrord, new
supervisor of nurses for Pioneer
Memorial hospital, was Intro
duced and spoke briefly.
Monday, March 31 has been set
as the date for the next gen
eral meeting.
MRS FRANK
Mrs Frank
Is "Mother
Morrow county's first Mother
of the Year was named this week :
by a selection committee of thej
county Pomona Grange. She is.
Mrs Frank S Parker, 77 year old
great-grandmother who lives on
a ranch at the western edge of
Heppner.
Mrs Parker, who has lived in
Heppner since 1913, was born in
1880 at Waitsburg, Washington,
the daughter of J V and Eliza
beth Crawford. Following her
marriage to Frank Parker In 1905,
the couple lived for a short time
in Pendleton and Cove where her
husband operated light plants.
In 1908 they moved to a cattle
Herbert G West
To Be C of C
Banquet Speaker
Herbert G West, Walla Walla,
executive vice president of the
Inland Empire Waterways as
sociation; and manager of the
Walla Walla port commission,
will be the guest speaker at the
annual banquet of the Heppner
Morrow county Chamber of Com
merce, it was revealed Monday
at the chamber meeting.
The annual banquet has been
slated for Monday night, March
24 at the Legion hall, and Is
open to the public.
West will speak on port com
missions and how they can aid
in the development of Columbia
river properties. Through the ef
forts of his commission at Walla
Walla, a big new paper mill
is now under construction at
Wallula, a part of the commiss
ion's area of operation.
The establishment of a port
commission in Morrow county
has been discussed locally and
was recommended by the recent
town and country planning con
ference. A more complete program for
the banquet will be announced
in the near future by members
of the special chamber committ
ee In charge.
Granddaughter of
Early Settler
Dies Last Week
Word was received this week
of the death late in February
of Mrs Cora Rhea Lamkin at
the Masonic home in Forest
Grove. She was the granddaugh
ter of two of the earliest sett
lers In Morrow county who are
still remembered by place names
In this area, Cecil and Rhea
creek.
Morrow county history records
Include much about Mrs Lam
kin's grandparents, according to
Bert Mason, now of Portland who
Is one of this county's most able
historians. Her grandparents, Mr
and Mrs Williom Y Cecil cross
ed the plains to Oregon in 1862
and settled where the Oregon
Trail crossed Willow Creek. They
established a post office and
tavern there In 18G7. Her other
grandparents, the Rhcas settled
on what was then known as the
west fork of Willow creek. The
name was later changed to Rhea
creek. T II Rhea was married to
Henrietta Cecil and a daughter
Cora was born in the Rhea creek
home. She attended the Rhea
and Heppner schools.
Services were held March 2 at
Hillsbbro.
Survivors include cousins Mrs
Josie Jones, Mrs Norah Rasmus,
E W Rhea, C C Rhea and Carl H
Rhea.
S PARKER
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of Year"
ranch In Hell's Canyon where
they spent four years, seldom
seeing anyone from the outside
world.
Mr and Mrs Parker celebrated
the golden wedding anniversary
in 1955, and their sons and
daughters, all of whom attended
colleges and universities in the
state are Mrs Frances Mitchell,
Portland bookkeeper; Vawter
Parker. Hood River lawyer; John,
a Pendleton accountant; and Mrs
Fred Hoskins, Jr a Heppner
housewife and school teacher.
Mrs Parker has been a mem
ber of the Christian church since
she was 8 years old and has
taught Sunday school since she
was 14. At the present time she
teaches an adult Bible class of
30 members all of whom are over
93 years of age and six are
over 80. She is a past matron
and secretary of the Eastern Star
and a former member of the
P-TA.
Crawfordsvllle in the Willam
ette valley was named for her
grandfather, P V Crawford; and
her maternal grandfather, J A
Dunlap, was a member of the
second legislature of the Oregon
Territory.
Mr and Mrs Parker have 10
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Pioneer Heppner
Woman Dies
Funeral services were held at
All Saints' Episcopal church
Monday for Mrs S M Morgan, 82
who passed away February 26 at
San Francisco following a short
illness. The Rev John Evans of.
ficiated at the final rites and
burial was In the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
Mrs Morgan, the former Lutle
Farnsworth, was born October 12,
1875 at Heppner to the pioneer
family of Mr and Mrs Orrin E
Farnsworth. She attended Hepp
ner high school and graduated
with the first class In 1894. She
lived Intermittently in Heppner
from that time on.
She is survived by her son
Edward K Young of San Fran
cisco and a brother Karl Farn
worth of The Dalles. There are
also several nelces and nephews.
Mrs Chas Wentworth
Dies February 22
At California Home
Mrs Charles Wentworth, 82, a
former resident of Heppner, died
February 22 in Pasadena, Calif
where she has resided for the
past 20 years.
Mrs Wentworth, the former Lil
lian Bisbee, was born In Hepp
ner January 19, 1876, the daugh
ter of a pioneer family here, Mr
and Mrs Timothy II Bisbee. She
attended school here and grad
uated from the second Heppner
high school graduating class in
1895. She was married to the
Rev Charles Wentworth in 1903.
Clifford and Charles; two daugh-
She is survived by two sons,
ters, Lucille and Florence; a
brother Louis E Bisbee of Hepp
ner and several grandchildren.
Burial was in Pasedena.
Parents Of Little
Leaguers To Meet
All parents of boys interested
In Little League baseball will
meet Monday evening, March 10
in the school cafeteria at 7:30.
Reports from committees will
be heard and a system of team
selection will be decided upon.