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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.