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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.
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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,
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the peoplei
Plans were made for the an
April, which is authorized under
an act of Congress.
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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-
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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,
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ORVILLE CUTSFORTH of Lex
ington who has filed for the
Republican nomination for
state representative.
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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.