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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1958)
1. 1 8RARY U OF o EUSENE. OSE. b r K Copies 10c IP Boardman C of C Backs Morrow Highway Route The Boardman Chamber of bridge, and that the cost of inter Commerce Is still supporting, the changes for Umatilla, Hermiston Blalock Island crossing of the and Stanfield would be avoided, proposed Ellensburg . Pendleton George Weise and Dewey West, federal highway, as was brought president of the chamber, both out at the regular luncheon meet- members of the delegation also ng Wednesday of last week. This spoke ln favor of the crossing. is in spite of the fact that the Weise told of the need for a Oregon State Highway Commiss-1 route between Highway 30 and ions chief engineer recently tne Yakima valley for the sake stated that the road should enter 'of traffic that wants to go north Oregon by the Umatilla bridge. by the shortest route. West said Joe Tatone, a member of the that the only good that could Boardman delegation to the Ore- be done by routing the traffic gon State Highway Commission across the Umatilla bridge was hearing Feb 28, gave the reasons to guarantee the payoff of the why the chamber favors the Bla- bridge bonds to private invest lock Island crossing. He said it ors who had purchased them. He is the most direct route between 'saw no need to become alarmed U S 10 in Washington and U S over the financial needs of the 30 in Oregon, that right of way 'bridge company with increased difficulties would be eliminated ' traffic assured over the coming as the federal goverment al-' years. The traffic during the es ready owns the land between the timated 15-year period before the logical junction with US 30 and the site of the Blalock Island Petitions Ask Completion of Rhea Creek Road The county court this week re ceived petitions bearing 288 names asking the court to apply for state and federal funds for the paving of approximately 10 miles of the Rhea Creek county road from Ruggs to the end of the present pavement. The petitions asked that the improvement be placed on the county schedule for road devel opment and that the court apply for state aid road funds and fed eral aid road funds for the pro ject. The existing section of the Rhea Creek road, from Jordan southeast was paved under that program, as have been several other county roads. The next section of county road improvement under the state and federal aid program, is the McWab-Olex road lying within: Hi girls with Mrs Don Bellen Morrow county. That project has brock, guardian and Mrs Cox, as already received state approval sistant. and is scheduled for paving j Four Blue Bird groups include sometime this summer. The work1 the Falry Flock witn Mrs L E is estimated to cost $53,000. Djck, leader assisted by Mrs Alex The court reported Wednes-1 Thompson; the Gay Blue Birds, day that county road crews are Mrs Marion Huggett, leader, Mrs presently moving the rock crush-! James Farley, assistant; the Lov er to a site near McNab and that ' ing Blue Birds, Mrs Bill Glennie, work is now under way to re- j leader, Mrs Wayne Snyder, as build and rock the five and one- sistant and a newly formed unit, half miles of the road between 'the Flying Blue Birds, led -by McNab and the Gilliam county Mrs Charles Collins assisted by line. From the county line to Mrs Rod Murray. Olex the road is already paved, The girls wlll be guests of tne and when the job is completed, Episcopal church for Sunday it will give a full paved route ' m0rning services the day of the through to Olex and Condon. ceremonial. March 17 will mark C of C Banquet Tickets Go On Sale Tickets went on sale this week for the chamber of commerce an nual banquet to be held at the Heppner Legion hall Monday ev ening, March 24. The tickets sell for $2.50 and an excellent dinner is promised. Guest speaker will be Herbert G West, executive vice president of the Inland Empire Waterways association, and manager of the Walla Walla port district. He will speak on port districts and de velopments. The banquet will start with a social hour at the hall at 6:30 It is open to the public. Services Saturday For Mrs Mikesell Funeral services" will be held Saturday at 2:00 p m at the Cres wick Mortuary for Mary May Mikesell, 77 who passed away March 12 at Pioneer Memorial hospital. Rev Charles Knox will officiate and interment will be at Heppner Masonic cemetery. She was born May 4, 1880 and i was a long time resident of Hep- j pner. Survivors include one son, Gene of Portland; a daughter, Mrs L E Smith. Azusa, California; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Peterson To Head Hatfield Campaign Henry Peterson, lone, this week was named county chairman for the Hatfield for Governor com mittee. Hatfield Is the first state office-seeker to form a Morrow county organization. , Peterson stated that he would name precinct committee mem bers in the near future. rnieirv i Blalock Island bridge would be built would provide plenty of time to assist the Umatilla bridge in paying off their debt. Weise further stated that the head of the Boardman plann ing board, the mayor and Morr ow county judge Oscar Peter son would make overtures to the Washington State Highway Com mission to explore fully the plan of adopting the route they orig inally favored which would lead to Blalock Island, probably by way of Glade Creek canyon from Mabton. Annual Camp Fire Ceremonial To Be Held Here Sunday The annual ceremonial of Camp Fire and Blue Bird groups, consisting of about 60 girls, will be held Sunday, March 16 at 2:00 p m in the grade school multipurpose room. Mrs Helen Cox will be in charge assisted by Mrs Vic Kreimeyer. Two Camp Fire groups partic ipating will be the Eluta group led by Mrs Kreimeyer, guardian and Mrs Howard Cleveland, 'as- sistant guardian and the O Ki the 48th birthday of Camp Fire. Mrs Ervin Anderson and Mrs Jomes Thomson were the first Blue Bird leaders in Heppner, nearly ten years, ago. This will be Mrs Anderson's last group, the Horizon Camp Fire Girls, as she has led this same group of girls through three years as Blue Birds, four years Camp Fire and three years in Horizon club. Members of the Horizon Camp Fire, the high school group, led by Mrs Anderson, will serve at the ceremonial and Miss Leta Humphreys will present the a wards. Officers of the Heppner Camp Fire Girls Independent Leaders' Association are Mrs Cox, presi dent; Mrs Huggett, secretary and Mrs Dick treasurer. Outgoing officers are Mrs Har- lan McCurdy, president; Mrs El Schmidt, vice president; Mrsnual fund raising crusade in Clem Stockard, secretary and Mrs Bruce Lindsay, treasurer. LEXINGTON CUB SCOUTS were organized recently and these resi dents are playing a big part in the new program. They are, front row left to right LaVerne Henderson and Delpha Jones, den moth erg; back row, Cecil Jones, scout leader; George Irvln, institut ional representative; Bev Norman Northrup. treasurer; Bob La- mont Boy Scout district representative. 6A2 Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March p- r lfOM .'-1 a -71 EARLY DAY HEPPNER The Gazette-Times this week is celebrating step back Into history for the occasion, found this old-time photo of Heppner, one of the oldest row County Farm Buheau and known. It shows Main street of the town in about 1895 and the camera is looking south from approx-! the Lexington Grange; was chair imately the corner of Main and Center streets. The tall building at the far end of the street on the man of the production and mark left is the old Palace Hotel which was destroyed by the big fire of 1918. The tall wooden building Just eting committee of the Oregon behind the two horses is the old People's Hardware building which also went up in smoke in 1918. wheat Growers League, chair One of the city's present oldest buildings, the Heppner Garage, wasn't built when this picture was man of the resolutions committee taken, but it now stands ln the ally, this picture was taken by a his life which appears elsewhere Mahoney of Heppner. COUNTY FARMERS UNION ORGANIZED; ALVIN BUNCH NAMED PRESIDENT A Morrow county local of the lation and farm policies. Farmers Union was organized re-1 An effort will be made to send cently at a meeting of interest-a delegate to the national con ed ranchers at the Newt O'Harra vention in Denver, March 16 to home in Lexington. Alvin Bunch, represent the newly-formed or Heppner area wheat rancher was ' ganization. elected president of the new or ganization; Paul Jones, vice pres ident; and Mrs Paul Brown, secretary-treasurer. Mrs Herb Rolph, former nat ional vice president and now Ore gon State president, was a guest at the meeting and explained the aims and policies of the Farm ers Union. There are also a gen eral discussion of current legis- Cancer Crusade Chairman Named Mrs Harlan McCurdy, Jr, coun ty campaign chairman and Mrs Don L Bennett represented Mor row county at a meeting of the Oregon chapter of the American Cancer Society at the Roundup Cafe in Condon last week, where executives of the organization met with volunteer workers from four counties. James Nibley, insurance exec utive from Portland, is the 1958 Oregon campaign chairman. With him were Mrs Virginia Kletzer, state commander of the Ameri can Cancer Society and Leo D (Jack) Green, field representa tive. Twelve women from Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam and Morrow counties were present to hear a progress report on cancer re- search and to take part ln a dis - cussion of the growing need for funds in the society. Nibley, who has been touring the state since March 1 in behalf ian. The library Is , open each of the crusade, said his concern Monday and Thursday from 3 p over the prevalence of the dread m and Wednesday from. 10 to disease prompted him to take the 11:30 a m. post as state chairman. "In one! The objectives of National Li year," he said, "my insurance brary Week are to draw attent- firm nnM nut nvor 51 fWl CW In I i. i. 1:1 1 j medicaT benefits foT' c ZT ZTT lone." He said there are many other health problems facing Americans, but until a way is found to stop the spread of can - w it- saM thoro a manv cer is will be difficult to bring a Mrrho ctonor.! hooHv, c """" " - the peoplei Plans were made for the an April, which is authorized under an act of Congress. H BV,3f;& ETTi 13, 1958 location ol one of the three buildings in the foreground. Coincident- Mr Akers. brother of Spencer Akers, who wrote a poetic history of in today's paper. The original of this photo is the property of P W The second Monday of each month was tentatively set as the meeting date with the next meet to be held at the Orville Cuts forth home near Lexington. Refreshments were served to the 15 members present by Mrs O'Harra and Mrs Cutsforth. lone Library Sees Volume Double During Past Year -In observing National Library Week. "Marches, to 22. the lone Public-Library husf made the fol- lowing report In order that people will be more aquainted with the library. From June 1, 1956 to June 1 1957, the library was open 156 days, total number of borrows 219; number of volumes, 2,938; number of books loaned, 8,153; ' an increase of 4,648 over the pre- ceding year. Total receipts $412.72. The city of lone gives $100 a year, Elks lodge, $50.00; Topic club and interested per sons, $262.72. There were 125 books purchased costing $265.13, and 103 books donated. The li- brary subscribes for 7 periodicals and 9 are given to the library, The total expenditures was $386.80. Those on the library board are, Mrs John Proudfoot, chairman, Mrs Fannie Griffith, vice chair- , man; Mrs Victor Rietmann, sec- retary-treasurer, Mrs Verner Troe- dson and Mrs William Rawlins. Mrs Echo Palmateer is the librar- ' Zr. ' "1 "L.u, encourage reading habits among young and old, to inspire more people to do reading of books, . Tne sloean for the week is: For a better-read, better informed . ... America. By Laws approved At Meetl'na of Willow , creeK country uiud Members of the Willow Creek Country club met last Wednes day evening at the Elks lounge for a business meeting. The by-laws were read and ap proved and Larry Dowen announ ced that the men's spring tourn ament would start soon and for all men to turn in their scores so that their handicaps can be figured John Williams explained the new arrangement of the course and the improvements made WEATHER HI Low Prec. Thursday 43 22 .07 Friday 44 27 Saturday 44 24 .06 Sunday 46 26 Monday 46 23 Tuesday 46 24 Wednesday 44 21 Rainfall for the week .13: for. 'March .19; for the year 4.00 inch- ' es. Times 75th Year, Number 1 its 75th birthday and in taking a Most Heppner teachers Rehired; Election Date Set All Heppner high and grade school teachers but four were area which has been named Cuts hired for next year by the school forth Park, board during its monthly meet- ne has traveled extensively in ing Tuesday night. The four who the United States, Canada, the resigned at the end of this school orient, Holy Land and in Eur year were Richard Willis, Law- ope. LVr? " "'-e uuWKjf aim Shirley Mallon. The board set Monday, April 14 as the date of the special elect ion for approval of a special $25,000 levy for remodeling and equipping the high school science room, library and commercial rooms. The total cost of the pro ject will be $50,000 and ( that amount was -approved tne voters las vcar- Robert Abrams discussed var ious legal matters with the board and also told of the school re organization program and what possible plans have been sug Kieu in mat nne. !t was also announced that school will be dismissed at 2 o' clock Wednesday, March 19 to allow teachers a chance to reach Portland that evening for the state OEA meeting that week- end. Spring vacation is slated for, the following two days. School will also be dismissed I at 12:15 on Good Friday. Lunch! will be served that day at the school and buses will leave at 12:30. Easter Seals Now in Mail More than 500,000 Oregon res idents are due to receive Easter Seals in the mail during the next few days, and Mrs Floyd N Adams of Heppner, Morrow county chairman, expressed hope the borrow county i will "respond generously." The Easter Seal sale, prime source of revenue for the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults, will continue through EarteTsundav S 8 taster aunaay, Aprn o. "KflSter Koala havp hnmmo o symbol of hope for the crippled children of Oregon," Mrs Adams stated, "because through Easter Seals they have received so many benefits never available to them before, such as the Easter Seal hospital school In Eugene and Camp Easter Seal. The hospital school offers spec ial education and therapy for children whose handicaps make it impossible for them to attend regular schools, and the doors are open to youngsters from all parts) of the state. Medical supervision Provided Camp Easter Seal, located on North Lake of Ten Mile lake ,s 0regon s onlv summer camP for tne exclusive use of crippled chil- uicii auu yuuiig auuua. ine v-iuuui maiy Dii.'uen, ivay lOX, camp has several sessions each Rose Hams, Hardman; Betty Mc summer and provides the chil- ( Donald; Bob Cunningham, Salem; dren with an opportunity to en- and Bill Cunningham, Golden joy the thrill of fishing, games dale, Wash. and other camp activities. I HUNTERS TO MEET IN PORTLAND HOSPITAL ,u I There will be a meeting of the J R Huffman, manager of the Morrow County Hunters and Ang Heppner office of Pacific Power lers Tuesday, March 25 at 8 p m and Light Co, is In Good Samarl- in the court room at the court tan hospital in Portland where he underwent surgery Wednes- day morning. Qtvillc Cutsforth Files For Representative Orville Cutsforth, well known Lexington rancher, filed last Fri day in Salem for the Republican nomination for the state legis lature from the 22nd district which includes Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler and Sherman counties. He is the only Republican seek ing the seat which has been held by Charles Allen Tom Rufus, who is not seeking reelection. Frank Weatherford, Olex ran cher, filed for the position as a Democrat. Cutsforth has been a resident of Morrow county for 38 years and has operated his ranch since 1930. He was born in 1902 at Woodburn, Ore and came here in 190G. After four years he moved to Alberta, Canada where he stayed for 10 years before re turning. He has never been in politics previously and stated that if elected he will work for the best interests of his district. Cutsforth has been very act ive in may civic and farm org anizations. He is the past master and present chairman of the legis lative committee of both the Mor of the Morrow County Cattlemen's Association and a member of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association. He is a member of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Com merce and the Elks lodge. Cutsforth helped organize the Heppner Soil Conservation dis trict and has served as chair man of the board of directors, and he has served on several chamber of commerce commit tees. He donated seven acres of his land on Herren creek for a public park and has aided mat- erially in the development of the Cutsforth attended tho Domin- ion Agricultural college ln Cal gary, Alberta, is married and the father of 10 children. Service Sunday S'&For Mrs Groshens Funeral services for Mrs Eloise Bernice Groshens, 53, were held Sunday afternoon at the Heppner Christian church with the Rev Charles Knox officiating. She passed away March 7 at Pioneer Memorial hospital following an illness of several months. Mrs Groshens was born De cember 25, 1904 at Heppner, the daughter of Mr and Mrs B G Sig- sbee, She graduated from the Heppner schools and attended schools of business and photog- raphy in Portland and Berkeley, Calif. She was married to Emil Uroshens at Portland Nov 12, 1931 and they made their home on their ranch on Illnton creek. She was a member of Sans Soucl Rebekah lodge of Heppner. She is survived by her husband; her mother, Mrs B G Sigsbee; and a sister Mrs Elaine George, all of Heppner; a half brother, Claude Sigsbee, Yakima, Wash; and a step-sister, Mrs Leontine Novinger of San Bernardine, California. Burial was in the Heppner Ma sonic cemetery with Creswick Mortuary ln charge of arrange- mPnts Graveside Services Set Friday For Patrick J Brennan Graveside services for Patrick Joseph Brennan, 54, a former res- ! Ident of Heppner, will be held Friday at 2 p m at the Heppner Masonic cemetery with the Rev Patrick J Glaire officiating. Mr Brennan was born March 5, 1904 in County Roscommon, Ireland and died March 11 at Lakeview where he had made his , home for the past four years. He came to Heppner ln 1926 but had lived elsewhere for the past 10 years. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs William Cunningham. HeDD- ner; Mrs Mary Feeney, Ireland; and Mrs Alden who lives in Eng- land; one brolncr Jhn. Ireland, He also leaves several nieces and j nephews living in this area, in- house. A discussion will be held on the recently started Dorcuolne. magpie and raven contests, I i) ORVILLE CUTSFORTH of Lex ington who has filed for the Republican nomination for state representative. (GT Photo) Single Primary Contest To Be On GOP Ballot An absence of last-minute fil ings for county offices left the local primary election situation about the same as reported last week, county clerk Bruce Lind say stated Wednesday. All filings were made well ahead of last Friday's deadline and ln only one instance will there be a con test for any county post on the May ballot. The single contest will be for the assessor's position for which two Republicans filed. They are present assessor Harry Dinges, who is seeking reelection, and Delmer Buschke, also of Hepp ner. One Salem filing last Friday that is of particular interest to residents of this area was made by O W Cutsforth, Lexington, who will seek the Republican nomination for state representa tive from the 22nd district of Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler and Sherman counties. He wlll have no opposition in the primary, but will face Frank Weatherford of Olex who filed on the Democrat ic ticket, in the general election next fall. Filings listed A complete list of filings for county positions shows the fol lowing: Democrats Bruce Lindsay, county clerk; Jasper Myers, coun ty commissioner. Democratic pre cinct committeemen and commit tecwomen include: Al Lamb, Newt O'Harra, C N Jones, Lloyd Howton, Betty Brown, Alvln Bunch, Wilma Howton, Amanda Duvall, Virginia Rosewall, Bar bara Cutsforth, Lloyd Berger and Gene Case. Republicans Harry Dinges and Delmer Buschke for county as sessor; E O (Gene) Ferguson, county commissioner; Oscar E Peterson, county judge; Robert Penland and Ray E Smith, pre cinct committeemen. The Democrats far outdid the Republicans in forming their county organization and getting interested persons to file for pre cinct posts. They filed for nearly every precinct In the county while only two Republicans, Pen land and Smith are seeking the position and they both reside in the same precinct. Registration Closes April 16 The county clerk this week re minded voters that they have only until April 16 to register to vote in the May 16 primary elect Ion. Persons who have voted in one of the past two elections and have not changed location of their residence are not required to re-register. However, if a vot er has moved from one precinct to another since the last elect ion, he must re-register. The clerk also reported that as Qf March 12 there were 1170 Republicans, 88 Democrats and 13 others registered in the county for a total of 2071 voters. A good many additional registrations, are expected before the April 16 deadline. Spring Style Show To Be Wednesday Among those modeling in the annual spring style show to be sponsored by the Heppner Civic League Wednesday evening, March 19 at the Elks temple at 8:00 p m will be Leslie and Tam my Meador, Karen and Kathy Blake, Harold Grey, Mike Healy, Shirley Gaines, Kevin and Kent Pratt, Janice Martin, Janice Beamer, Phyllis Quackenbush, Carole Groshens, Jim Morris, Ed die Groshens. Some of the adults modeling will Include Mrs Walter Corley, Jr of lone, Mrs Delmer Buschke and Mrs LaVerne Van Marter.
