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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1958)
U OF 0 "SEME. ORE. b Time REGISTER BEFORE APRIL 15 to Vote in the May Primary Election Copies 10c Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 10, 1958 75th year, Number 5 eppner Gazette- Creek Claims Life Of Four Year Old lone Boy All attempts to revive a four year old lone boy who had fal len into Willow creek in Hepp ner late Sunday afternoon fail ed. He was in the water about one hour before being found. The boy was William Neil Zinter, son of Mr and Mrs Wil liam Zinter of lone who was staying at the home of his grandparents, Mr and Mrs E 0 Ferguson. The lad, who was playing with his five-year old brother, Eu gene, in the Heppner park at- OEA Installs New County Officers New officers were installed Monday at the meeting of the county unit of the Oregon Edu cation Association held at Hepp ner. They are: Mrs Joyce Smith, Irrigon, president; Mrs Velva Bechdolt, Heppner, first vice president; Harold Gauger, Board man, second vice president; Mrs Ruth Bentley, lone secretary; and Mrs Lucille Weatherford, Lexington, treasurer. The meeting was held in the afternoon with dinner being ser ved by the Heppner P-TA with Mrs LeRoy Gardner and Mrs James Healy as co-chairmen. Joe Stewart and Gordon Pratt serv ed as masters of ceremonjes. Following the dinner a panel discussion of the county school reorganization was held with Jack Flug as moderator; Robert Abrams speaking on the legal aspects of the reorganization law; Fred Martin, chairman of the committee; and Don Hat field, on ways that the county can be reorganized. Guests included, in addition to the panel members and their wives, Mr and Mrs Alonzo Hen derson, Mrs Velma Glass, Ray mond French, Mr and Mrs Alvin ' Bunch, Mr and Mrs Jack Loyd and Ed Elliott, director of field . services and membership for the OEA. WEATHER Hi Low Prec Thursday 56 32 .02 Friday 49 33 .07 Saturday 53 32 Sunday 59 37 Monday 58 42 T' Tuesday 60 39 T Wednesday 56 36 Rainfall for the week .09; for April .41; for the year 5.81 inches. n civ m THERE'S ONE This unidentified young lady was one of hundreds of youngsters who galloped over the court house park Satur day morning in quest of hidden Easter eggs. The hunt was spon sored by the Elks lodge with the smaller children hunting at the court house and the older ones at the fair grounds. (GT Photo) THE WINNEBS These two youngsters found the most eggs at Saturday's hunt and were rewarded with special prizes. Left is Jack Huggett, son of Mr and Mrs M C Huggett, who received a gun and holster set in addition to keeping the eggs he found. On the right is Ree Ella Robbins, daughter of Mr and Mrs L L Bobbins who is holding her prize an Easter purse and hat (GT Photo) tempted to make his way home between the fenced playground and the creek, but apparently slipped and fell into the water. His older brother told his par ents of the accident and an im mediate search was started, but it was nearly an hour before the child's body was found about three blocks downstream at a bout 7 pm. It was discovered by Edgar Morris and Jim Prock and he was given artificial respirat ion and immediately taken to Pioneer Memorial hospital where heart manipulation by two phy sicians failed to revive him. Close to 100 persons aided in the search for the boy, many of them wading down the creek which now is fairly high, swift and muddy. Neil Zinter was born January 7, 1954 in Heppner, and in ad dition to his parents, he is sur vived by three brothers and sis ters, Eugene, Robert and Cath ryn. Funeral services were held this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 o'clock at the Assembly of God church with the Rev Nels Fast and the Rev Willis Geyer of ficiating., Burial was in the Heppner Ma sonic cemetery with Creswick Mortuary in charge of arrangements. Catholic Conference Slated for Heppner Friday, April 18 The 17th annual deanery con ference of the Confraternity of Christi'an Doctrine will be held at the Star Theater in Heppner on Friday, April 18, starting at 10 am. The theme of the conference is family participation in the Confraternity. Philip Blakney will preside at the. morning ses sions and will give the address of welcome. Mrs B J Doherty will be the speaker from Heppner. The afternoon session will be devoted to the high school stu dents; Dennis Doherty will pre side and Miss Joann Brosnan will be the speaker. Receiving awards will be Mrs Robert Brindle, Mrs Jerry Brosnan, Mrs Ray Smith, Mrs Randy Lott and Mrs Don Hat field. Delegates will attend from Pendleton, Hermiston, Pilot Rock, Condon and Arlington. Mass will be celebrated by the most Revered Francis P Leipzig, Bishop of Baker at 11:45 am. Ev eryone is welcome to attend. ' ' i" L t " t. V t. - ,n J. IP i tt-i r m 1 v' ' ' " ... . - I if t .A .v ; 100 COYOTE SCALPS have been nailed to this board in recent weeks by Carl McDaniel. local government hunter. McDaniel isn't eligible to receive bounties for these kills, but had they been turned in by anyone else, they would have been worth S600. These are only part of his predator kill since January 1. GT Photo) Pioneer Memorial Auxiliary Adopts New Constitution The Pioneer Memoral Hospital Auxiliary met Monday evening March 31 at the court house for the reading and adoption of the constitution. Officers elected for the balance of this year were Mrs Garland Swanson, lone, president; Mrs Paul Koenig, vice president; Mrs James Hager, secretary and Mrs Clarence Rosewall, treasurer and three directors, Mrs Norman Nel son, Lexington; Mrs Velma Glass and Mrs Jean Mallory. Chairmen for three of the standing committees appointed were Mrs Wallace Wolff, project committee; Mrs Mervin Leonard, Lexington, nominating commit tee and Mrs C E McQuarrie, mem bership. The first work project of the auxiliary will be sewing for the hospital and after Tuesday, April 8 anyone wishing to assist may pick up materials and receive instructions at the homes of Mrs Harry Bongers, Heppner; Mrs Leonard. Lexington and Mrs Swanson, lone. The charter will remain open for a month for those wishing to read it, sign as charter members and pay the dues of $2.00 per year for active membership, $10.00 per year for associate member, one who is interested but cannot participate actively and $100.00 for a life member ship. Mrs Rosewall of Heppner will be in charge of the charter during the month. Anyone who is interested may become a member at anytime, however, Mrs Swanson pointed out. The new constitution of the auxilary states that the group shall have four general meetings during the year. Two of the meet ings to be held in Heppner, one in lone and one in Lexington. The public will be notified as to the time and place of these meet ings, so that all interested per sons may attend. , Plans are being made for the group to assist with National Hospital week, which starts May 12. HHS Paper Wins State Award UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene Heppner high school's newspaper, "The Hehisch", has been chosen to receive a first place award in the annual Ore gon Scholastic Press "feature page excellence contest". The award was announced by Char les T Duncan, dean of the school of journalism at the university and director of OSP. Heppner won the Roseburg News-Review Award for small high schools. Jim Morris is edi tor. Janice Martin edited the winning feature page and Mrs Margaret Kirk is advisor. American Legion To Have Birthday Party All Legionairs and Auxiliary members of Heppner post no 87 tare invited to a potluck dinner Monday evening, April 14 at 6:30 pm at the Legion hall, to cele brate the birthday of the Amer ican Legion. Birthday cake will be served and those attending are asked to bring a hot dish, salad or vegetable. tf tvi 3, i i 4 ' 1 1 M. . i, I McDaniel Makes Big Coyote Kill Recently Carl McDaniel, local federal state hunter, recently found the first coyote den to be reported this year in the state. He uncov ered it on the Paul Webb range Four-Mile canyon and it con tained 18 coyote pups. McDaniel reported early this week that since the first of the year he has killed 40 adult and 125 coyote pups on Morrow coun ty sheep ranges. Seventy-four of these predators were killed dur ing March. Local Conservation Week Observance Now Being Planned With the signing of the proc lamation In observance of Con servation Week 1958, Governor Robert D Holmes again initiates a week of special observance of the activities and principles ap plied In coordinating and carry ing forward a constructive pro gram of conservation, utilizat ion and management of the nat ural resources of Oregon. Conser vation Week will be observed May 11 through 18. In line with the proclamation, the Governor named Newt O' Harra, Lexington, county chair man for the observance. O'Harra has long been active In Conser vation, having served as a dir ector of the Heppner Soil Con servation District, and also coun ty Conservation Week chairman in past years. Special observances is plan ned In Morrow county by O'Har ra who today announced the fol lowing committees to aid him: Publicity, N C Anderson, Ro bert Penland, Ireng Wilson; edu cation, Raymond French, Norm an Peterson, Janice Beamer, Keith Peck, Mardine Baker; fi nance, Raymond Lundell, Gene Pierce, Jack Bedford, Garland Swanson; farm groups, Alvin Bunch, Milton Morgan, William Barratt, Harold Beach, Vernon Munkers, Paul Tews; display and exhibits, Tom Wilson, Vic Kreimeyer, Paul Koenig; recrea tion, game and wildlife, Glenn Ward, Vic Kreimeyer, Orville Cutsforth, William Labhart. City government, Jack Loyd, Omar Rietmann, Mervin Leo nard, W C Collins, Ted Smith; conservation on the farm, Don Peterson, Kenneth Peck, Paul Brown; church, Rev Merlin Zier, Rev Lester Boulden, Rev Norman Northrup; special activities, John Wightman, Al Lamb, Newt O' Harra ; transportation, Alvin Wagenblast, Jim Farley, Clar ence Rosewall, Roice Fulleton; court house, Oscar Peterson, Bruce Lindsay, C J D Bauman. Former Heppner Man Dies in California Word was received here of the death Tuesday in Santa Barbara, Calif, or Earl Barton, about 68. He was a brother of Ralph Bart on, a former Heppner resident who died in recent years. The family ' formerly lived in the Blackhorse area, but Mr Barton left here about 25 years ago. His wife was related to the Ham letts of lone. Funeral services were held to day in Santa Barbara. Surviving are two daughters, Pearl, of Vallejo, Calif, and Ma rie of Ventura, Calif. Nazarenc Church To Hold Revivals Rev and Mrs Orville H Kel ven of Eugene, Oregon will hold revival meetings for the church of the Nazarene, at Willows grange hall In lone each even ing except Saturday, at 7:30 pm April 15 through April 27. Contract Awarded For Court Street Improvement Work The Heppner city council re ceived notification at its Mon day night meeting that the state highway commission had award ed a contract to the Russell Ol son Construction company of Pendleton for the grading, pav ing and curbing of .16 mile of south Court street. The winning bid was for $15,248. Work is expected to start on the project within the next few months, and the city is current ly attempting to obtain suffic ient additional property to widen the street slightly at the inter secion of Court and May streets. New, larger water mains are also being laid throughout that area. In other business the city ap proved a two-year extension of the present garbage-collecting contract with Herman Green and approved the printing of signs outlining regulations governing the use of the city swimming pool. They will be posted dur ing the swimming season Horses Again The council also received com plaints that horses were being ridden on the footbridge across Willow creek leading to the school grounds. It was pointed out that the bridge is for pedest rian use only, the same as side walks, and that police will be ordered to pick up violators. Two new members were ap pointed to the budget commit tee for a three year term. They are Gene Pierce and Pirl How ell. Building permits totaling $16, 700 were approved: Charles Bec ket, $15,000, new residence on North Court street; James John son, $500 repair and remodeling, 105 Water street; Lincoln Nash, $1200 repair and alterations, South Court street. Panel To Talk School Questions Arrangements are complete for the Lexington Education Betterment committee meeting to be held Friday night at the Lexington Grange hall, it was announced this week. Harold Beach will be mod erator of the panel discussion on "Should the Lexington high school be discontinued?" Ken neth Peck and Mrs Max Bar clay will present the advantages of transporting the students and further explain the aims of the Education Betterment com mittee. The chairman of the Lex ington school board has been as ked to invite two speakers to defend the opposite views. Ro bert Abrams will give a resume of the school reorganization law. Questions from the floor will fol low. The meeting is classified as very important to all residents of Lexington who are interested in the school, and it is open to everyone. Heppner High Lists Honor Roll Eight Heppner high students earned a place on the high hon or roll for the third nine week period and 28 made the low roll, it was announced this week by school officials. One sophomore, Tom Driscoll, had a perfect 4. grade point for the nine weeks. The top students were: fresh men, high-Larry Tibbies; low- Dannie TTAr(711unn Trtm fllaQQ Doris Morris, Snaron Keithley, Evelyn Tucker, Fern Albert, BUI Monagle. Sophomores, high-Tom Driscoll. Carol K Anderson, Jean Collins; low Mickey Van Schoi ack. Tioseann Avers. Carolyn Car ter, Wilma Bothwell, Clifford Green, Shirley Nash, Connie An derson. Juniors, high Renn Har ris. Janice Martin: low Sharon Case, Ned Clark, Bob Huffman, Kay Keithley, Larry Prock. Sen iors, high Joann Brosnan, Helen Graham, low Peggy Applegate, Ed Groshens, Len Ray Schwarz, Janice Beamer, Judy Collins, burke Gentry, Tom Currin, Phyl lis Quackenbush, Carol Grosh ens. POMONA MEETS SATURDAY Pomona Grange will meet Sat urday at the Irrigon Grange hall starting at 10:30 am. County judge Oscar Peterson will show Ids pictures of Europe and the Holy Land and a cake walk will be part of the day's program. ' f f i t El A V J i,'t JOANN BROSNAN . TOM CURRIN Special School Election Monday Voters of Heppner school dis trict No 1 will cast their ballots Monday, April 14 from 8 o'clock on the question of improving a special levy of $25,00rj for the improvement of the high school science laboratory, commercial department and library. The special election will be held In the multipurpose room of the grade school. If approved, the levy will com plete a $50,000 fund, one half of which was approved at -a special election last year. The necessary tax levy to raise the money will be for one year only. Blood Program Major Part of Red Cross Drive for Funds County Red Cross drive chair man Robert Abrams reported to day that a total of $1261.53 has been received in the county $542.47 short of the goal. In pointing out the need for additional donations to meet the quota, Abrams emphasized the blood program carried on by the Rod Cross. Fifty percent of local expenditures go to support this program, and during 1957 66 pints of blood were used by residents of Morrow county who wore hospitalized outside the county. This blood was supplied by the Red Cross. Commercial cost of a unit of blood is $25 a pint and this pro gram alone would li3ve a value to the county of $1650, yet the blood was given free because of the volunteers who donated the blood and the voluntary contri butions received by the Red Cross to support the program. It was emphasized that there Is no charge for the blood, though hospitals make a nominal charge for administering it. Fif ty cents of every $1.00 collected here goes to support the blood program In the county. Contributions also are helping In disaster relief in California with 85 cents of every disaster dollar going for rehabilitation of those who suffer in such dis asters. A breakdown of donations re ceived to date show: Heppner $726.83; lone $259.50; Lexington $205.00; Boardman $103. Tuesday Last Chance For Registration The deadline to register to vote in the May primary elect ion is Tuesday, April 15 at 8 pm, county clerk Bruce Lindsay ie minded county residents today Persons who have moved since the last election, or who have failed to vote in recent elect ions must re-register if they wish to vote next month. There are registrars at Lexington, lone, Boardman and Irrigon, or per sons can register at the clerk's office In the court house. Heppner High Names Senior Honor Students Heppner high school's two top graduating seniors were named this week. They are Jo ann Brosnan, valedictorian; and Tom Currin, salutatorlan. Miss Brosnan is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerry Brosnan of Butter Creek; and Tom is the son of Mr and Mrs George Currin, who also live in the Lena community- Both students, in addition to earning top grades throughout their four years of high school, have taken part in many school and extra-curricular activities and have held numerous class and club offices. Miss Brosnan was valedictor ian of her eighth grade graduat ing class, and was district win ner of the 1957 United Nations Youth Pilgrimage; she was nam ed the Betty Crocker Homemak er of Tomorrow for Heppner high school, and has been chosen a princess of the 1958 Morrow county fair and rodeo. She was also named the school citizen of the month for November. She has served as student body treasurer, president of the Nat ional Honor Society and the Homemakers of America; she was a delegate to Girl's State; a member of the Future Busi ness Leaders of America and the Pep club. She recently received the local Elks scholarship, and in addition to school work she has been In 4-H club work for eight years, and is a member of the Wranglers Riding club. Currln's activities include four years as a class officer includ ing senior class vice president and president, student council representative of the junior class, vice president and treasurer of the sophomore class, and vice president of his freshman class. He was a secretary of the FFA in 1956 and 57, and is currently president. He has been In FFA for three years. He Is a three year football letterman and is secretary of the lettermen's club, artd has been a member of the National Honor society for two years, Is treasurer this year. Tom is chairman of the 1958 band carnival and FFA has play ed a big part In his high school life. He represented the local chapter at the state convention for two years, is a three year member of the FFA parliamen tary team, and has been presi dent of the- team for two years; He has earned two letters In the chapter and two awards, the farm mechanics award and the farm electrification award. Both students will receive their awards at commencement. Soil District Offers Scholarship For Conservation Teacher A $65 scholarship for a Mor row County teacher doing an outstanding job of teaching con servation in regular school cour ses during the year was voted by the Heppner Soil Conservation District at a board of supervis ors meeting Tuesday night In the bank building. The award will cover a week's tuition and board and room at the annual conservation and out door education workshop spon sored by the general extension division of the Oregon state sys tem of higher education at Hoo doo ski bowl near Santiam Pass this summer. Kenneth Peck, Lexington, was presented a plaque as the out standing district cooperator for the Goodyear contest year end ing April 30, 1957. The award was presented by L A Mitchell, Pendleton, field representative of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. A progress report for March showed 6180 acres of conservat ion surveys completed; conser vation farm plans prepared for 2892 acres for Valentine-Kilkenny and 493 acres for Mrs Alex Green; 12 acres of land leveling completed; 65 acres surveyed for land leveling, a 23 acre sprink ler system designed and 3600 feet of Irrigation ditches survey ed. Attending the session were Raymond Lundell, lone; Alvin Wagenblast and Peck, Lexing ton; John Denison, Pendleton, S C S area conservationist; Paul Tews, Dick Meador, Tom Wilson and N C Anderson, Heppner. Mrs Velma Glass, Morrow county health nurse, is In Port land this week to attend a meet ing of county health nurses.
