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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1958)
L I BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE Voters To Settle Lex High School Question ---'3S!iBt?--a'5i3Bweaasiaur May 5 Election To Bring Vote, Committee Told t ! PfflF?r fir V Ml Tift y1 li.--! r A U ,1 V mo " OFF COME THE WINTER WOOLIES Shearing got under way in earnest last week at the Wilkinson sheep camp on Six Mile can yon near Boardman where nearly 5000 sheep will soon be shorn of their year's growth. Here two of the crew of eight shearers are "undressing" ewes at the rate of one every two to three minutes, or about 800 a day. (GT Photo) I ' -Ti I ,f : f' """ - - - ' I Sr-, , - - - J J- , v : ' - . . 1 L WOOL PILES UP Bags of wool clip are stacked up alongside the shearing shed at the Wilkinson sheep camp. Each bag contains between 375 and 400 pounds of wool. Thi3 stack will be much larger as shearing had only started when this picture was taken. (GT Photo) lone Girl Named Fossil Rodeo Queen Sandra Eubanks, 13 year old daughter .of Mr and Mrs John Eubanks of lone, was selected Saturday as queen of the Fossil Junior Rodeo to be held May 10 and 11. Blond, blue-eyed Sandra, who is a seventh grader at the lone school, was selected because of her excellent display of riding ability. She was in competition with 11 other contestants. She is an active participant in jun ior riding activities and has been a winner in many playday act ivities of the Wranglers Riding club, of which she is a member. She raises Welch ponies with her father and trains and breaks them. In addition to her horseman ship, Sandra has had two years of sewing and three years of cooking in 4-H clubs, she plays in the grade school band and was a school cheer leader this year. The other girls to be chosen as members of Sandra's royal court for the event are Reta Rae Rattray of Condon, Sady Kay Luther and Peggy Couture, both of Fossil; and Judy Culver of Spray. Wranglers Slate Auction Saturday Wranglers were busy this week gathering up the last of the many donated items which will be sold at their auction sale Saturday at 1 pm at the fair grounds. The money realized from the sale will be used to complete the club's new play ground and rodeo field west of Heppner. So far donations include a wide variety of items ranging from a dozen fat hens to a horse trailer, and from lawn mowers to oil barrels. Bob Runnion, lo cal auctioneer, will cry the sale. STRONG APPEAL BEING MADE FOR RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR SIGNUP The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Heppner Wednesday, May 7 and an urgent appeal was made to the chamber of com merce Monday to aid in publi cizing the drawing and to ob tain sufficient blood donors to meet the quota of 100 pints. The request was made by Mrs Or ville Cutsforth, county Red Cross chairman. The drawing will be held from 11 to 3 o'clock May 7 at the Episcopal church parish house and anyone from 18 to 59 years of age is eligible to be a blood donor. Mrs Cutsforth explained to the 4 , JP1 V las- Local State Highway Employes Get Awards Far Safe Driving A number of Heppner and Boardman area state highway department employes recently received safe driver awards for accident free driving in 1957, ac cording to W C Williams, state highway engineer. Statewide more than one thou sand highway department vehic le and equipment operators re ceived awards. Of those honor ed, 184 received 8-year awards for spotless driving records dur ing the eight years the highway safety program has been in ex istence. The 1957 vehicle and equip ment safety record was the best in the department's history. Equipment traveled over 23,500, 000 miles with only 235 acci dents. Morrow county men who re ceived awards are: J Frank Davidson, 7 years; Dallas M Mc Daniel, 3 years; Frank L Moon ey, 2 years; John Nielson, 8 years; Harry B Moses, 2 years; Clarence A Macomber, 8 years; Arthur L Bailey, 8 years. Nazarene Church Slates Evangelists Special revival meeting will be held at the lone church of the Nazarene April 15 through 27, except Saturdays, by Rev and Mrs Orville II Kelvin of Eugene. Services are held at the lone Grange hall each evening at 7:30. Mr Kelvin is a forceful min ister who 'began his preaching ministry at the age of 19. For the past 21 years he has devot ed his interests to evangelism. Mrs Kelvin is a fine musician and the two present a varied program. Mr and Mrs LaVerne Van Marter Jr drove to Portland Fri day to attend the annual Inaug ural ball of the Portland Elks lodge. They returned Sunday. chamber that in recent years this area has fallen down bad ly on providing as much blood for the Red Cross program as is being used by local residents during the year. The local Red Cross organization pays the cost of the program which provides blood free to residents when it is needed. In addition to the money, however, it is necessary to have the blood and each area is expected to donate as much blood to the Red Cross blood bank as it uses. A strong drive will be made immediately for donor signups and registration cards will be made available shortly. Copies 10c Grange Asks That Port Commission Start Be Decided On November Ballot The Morrow county Pomona Grange Saturday passed a reso lution asking the county court to appoint a committee to circ ulate petitions which would place the question of whether to form a Morrow County Port Com mission before the voters of the county. The question of a county port commission has been under much discussion in recent weeks throughout the county, and its Heart Attack Takes E C Dougherty E C "Cliff" Dougherty, well known Morrow county rancher, died suddenly Tuesday morn ing at his home in Heppner fol lowing a heart attack. He was 58 years of age. He had been somewhat ill during the night and the attack claimed his life about 8 o'clock. Earl Clifton Doherty was born October 2, 1899 at Seaforth, Min nesota and had lived In Morrow county for about 28 years. He and his son operated a large wheat ranch in the Sand Hollow area. He was a member of the Elks lodge here. Services were held this after noon (Thursday) at the Hepp ner Elks Temple with the Rev Lester Boulden officiating. Bur ial was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Surviving are his widow Ro berta, a son Jerry, a daughter, Yvonne Lovgren and one grand son, all of Heppner. He also leaves six brothers, John, Wal lace and Lester, all of Connell, Wash; Francis and Delmonte of Spokane; and Clair of Rath drum, Idaho; three sisters, Betty Galbraith, Seattle; Erma Mars ka, Newport, Washington; and Orvetta Moon of Prosser. Creswick Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Wheat Growers To Plan Meeting Executive committeemen of the Morrow County Wheat Grow ers Association will meet Mon day evening to make plans for the annual soring meeting of that organization. Tentative plans are to hold the meeting at the Lexington Grange hall on Tuesday evening, May 6. Floyd Root, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers will be featured sneak er of the evening. Mr Root has spent a considerable amount of time on farm programs and leg islation during the past few months and it Is expected that he ill have much more to re port which will be of interest to wheat farmers. Chairmen of the various com mittees will report on the pro gress of a local and state nature at the spring meeting. Heading the committees for the year are 'Tad Miller, pro duction and land use; Kenneth Peck, wheat disposal and trans portation; Walter Jacobs, feder al agricultural programs; Fred rick Martin, taxation legislat ion; Bernard Doherty, youth act ivities; Mrs Kenneth Peck, do mestic wheat utilization. Milton Morgan is president and Max Barclay is vice presi dent. Mr Barclay is also chair mn of the Conservation Man of the Year committee which has made their selection of a coun ty winner which will be an nounced soon. WEATHER Hi Low Thursday 58 44 Prec .24 Friday 60 34 Saturday 62 35 Sunday 68 45 Monday 73 36 .07 Tuesday 65 43 Wednesday 56 43 .11 Rainfall for the week .42; for April .74; for the year 6.14 Inches. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 17, 1958 need was emphasized a couple of weeks ago by Herbert G West, executive vice-president of In land Empire Waterways Assoc iation when he spoke at the chamber of commerce annual banquet. ' Petitions have been prepared and a few are ,now in circulat ion calling for a vote of the question. It requests that the en tire county be (included in the port district. t The grange resolution, which was passed at the Pomona meet ing Saturday at Irrtgon, re quests: Whereas, it appears that ap propriations for the construction of the John Day dam will be made allowing two generators at the dam to be put on the line in October, 1966. Whereas, all Oregon counties along the Columbia river now have a port commissions excep ting Morrow county. And whereas, it appears that it may be necessary for Mor row county to have a port com mission to promote industrial development along the reservoir formed by the dam along Mor row county and to receive the greatest benefit from such de velopment. Therefor be it resolved, by Morrow County Pomona Grange In session on the 12th day of April at Irrigon, Oregon, that the county court of Morrow coun ty be requested to appoint a Mrs Edith Miller Dies Wednesday, Services Saturday Mrs Edith Miller, 58, of Lex ington, died Wednesday noon at Pioneer Memorial hospital where she had been a patient for three weeks. Mrs Miller was born August 17, 1899 at Lexington and had lived in that area all her life. She was a member of the Lex ington Christian -church, Ruth chapter No 32, OES, Holly Re bekah lodge of Lexington and the Lexington grange. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 19 at 2 o'clock at the Lexington Christian church with the Rev Norman Northrup and the Rev Charles Knox officiating. Interment will be in the Lexington Odd Fellows cemetery. Surviving are her husband Karl Miller of Lexington; four sisters, Hattie Lee, San Bernar dino, Calif; Delia Phelps and Mary Luntsford, both of Kelso, Washington; and Hazel Budden of Medford; one brother, Law rence Reaney of Vancouver, Washington. Creswick Mortuary will be in charge of arrangements. Sylvanus Wright Dies at The Dalles Sylvanus Wright, a long time resident of Morrow county, died April 3 at The Dalles General hospital where he had been con fined by Illness for several days. Mr Wright was born Aug 10, 1871 in Marion county, Oregon and came to Morrow county at an early age. He was married to Lulu M Munkers Dec 24, 1895 and they lived here until moving to The Dalles in 1939. Mr Wright was with the Forest Service when the Umatilla National For est boundaries were established and he surveyed a big part of them. He also farmed. He is survived by his widow, Lulu May of The Dalles; two sons, Lloyd M and Russell L of The Dalles; two daughters, Del lie Irene Matlock of Hillsboro, and Mrs Mabel Gale of Portland; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Services were held April 5 at The Dalles. FIRE DAMAGES CAR A car belonging to Mrs Viv ian Haguewood suffered consid erable upholstery damage Tues day night when flames destroy ed much of the front seat It was parked on Main street and Heppner firemen quickly con trolled the blaze. committee consisting of one per son from each of the following: Morrow county chamber of commerce, Boardman chamber of commerce, Morrow county Pomona Grange, Morrow county Farm Bureau, Morrow county MISS ESTHER KIRMIS County Hires New Extension Agent Miss Esther Kirmis, Lisbon, North Dakota has been named home economics extension agent in Morrow county, reports N C Anderson, local county agent. She will fill the position va cated by Beverly Bradshaw Do herty, last December. A rural school teacher for three years following her graduation from the State Normal and In dustrial school at Ellendale, North Dakota, Miss Kirmis was secretary with the Ransom coun ty North Dakota ASC office; a position she held for 16 years. During this time she also work ed for the local county exten sion agent and became familiar with extension work. In 1956 she enrolled at North Dakota Agri cultural college to work toward a bachelor of science degree in home economics in preparation for extension work. Last summer she was home agent at large in five southwest ern counties of North Dakota. After her graduation in June from North Dakota Agricultural college she will arrive in Hepp ner to begin her Oregon duties. Her appointment is effective June 16. Miss Kirmis was born and raised on a farm and was a 4-H member for eight years and a . 4-H leader for five years. She i has been active in her church on a local and state level and served as church school superin tendent for 15 years. She was awarded the Mary E Laycock scholarship by the North Dakota extension units in 1958. This is a scolarship offered annualy to a promising home economic stu dent. In making this announcement, Anderson reports that Miss Kir mis rnmes well Qualified and recommended for the position. This will be the second position in which he has worked with Miss Kirmis, having worked with her when she was secre tary in the Ransom county ASC office. The new agent's appointment Is subject to approval by the State Board of Higher Educat ion. ' DOBYNS TO ATTEND EUROPEAN CONVENTION Mr and Mrs Harold Dobyns will leave April 24 for Europe uhm-p he will attend the Inter national Pest Control Congress to be held in Vienna, Austria, Mav 11 to 17. He also plans to study pest control methods in several European countries. will leave New York on the Queen Elizabeth for London and will visit 12 countries be fore returnini' to New York June 3. They also plan a visit to the Brussell s Worlds Fair. r y ; Ij , jj 75th Year, Number 6 Farmers Union, Morrow County Grain Growers, and from each of the localities of Irrigon, lone, Lexington and Hardman. The duties of this committee lo be is to circulate a petition to put the question on the ballot at the next General Election in November and to conduct an education program before the voters of Morrow county con cerning the value and disad vantages of havinng a port com mission." The resolution was signed by Kenneth J Smouse, Nathan Thorpe and Oscar Peter son. Voters OK Special School Levy,- Two Teachers Resign By a vote of 100 yes, to 17 no, school district No 1 voters ap proved Monday a special levy of $25,000 to cover the complet ion of the remodeling and equip ping of the Heppner high school science laboratory, commercial rooms and library. It was con sidered a good turnout of voters for a special ' school election. The board met today noon with architects to go over the final plans for the remodeling which will cost a total of $50,000. One-half of the needed money was approved last yeaor by vot ers. The board has also called for bids, to be opened May 5, for a 48 passenger school bus and a nine-passenger station wagon, and hired. Earl Soward to re place Kenneth Green as driver on the Sand Hollow run. The board has accepted the resignation of two teachers and announced the hiring of three others to fill positions previous ly vacated. The two resignat ions were from Norman Peters band instructor, and Mrs Marie Clary, librarian. Both have re vealed that they are resigning from leaching. Clinton Agee has been hired to teach high school boys' physical education and coach basketball, and his wife will fill the posit ion as girls' PE and health teacher and coach. Mrs Inez Er win has accepted a position as sixth grade teacher. Local Farmers Union Talks Port Proposal And Farm Problems The second meeting of the newly organized Morrow county h c.il of the Farmers Union met Tuesday evening at the Orville Cutsforth home near Lexington. Highlights of the program in cluded a discussion of the poss ible activities of a proposed Mor row county port commission by county judge Oscar Peterson; a talk on his recent trip to a wheat meeting in Washington D C by Al Lamb who visited the Ore gon congressional delegation while there; and a review of the state Farmers Union reso lutions by Alvin Bunch, presi dent of the local. He also dis cussed the recent farm veto. Newt O'Harra reported on events scheduled for Oregon soli conservation week May 11 to 18 and the group voted to support the work. The next meeting will be May 12 at the Paul Jones ranch. CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET The Heppner Civic League will meet Monday evening in the director's room of the Bank of Eastern Oregon at 8 pm. Mrs Harry Bongers will be guest speaker and plans will be made for the rummage sale. All mem bers are urged to attend. Mr and Mrs Harold Colin have as their guests her sister, Mrs G D Dennis and daughter, Sally of Oswego, Oregon. Mrs Roberta Hubbard . leit Wednesday to spend a few days in Portland. The question of whether the Lexington high school shall be discontinued or not will be put before the voters of the Lexing ton district at the annual meet ing on Monday, May 5, it was announced at last Friday's meet ing of the Lexington Education al Betterment committee at the Lexington grange hall. During recent weeks a petit ion had been circulated in the district which asked for a vote on the question, and during the same period another group ob tained the signatures of many persons who felt that the school should be continued until a un ion high school could be form ed sometime in the future. At Friday's meeting of the Ed ucation Betterment committee a panel consisting of Mrs Max Barclay, Kenneth Peck Eldon Padherg and Alonzo Henderson, with Harold Beach as moderat or, discussed various phases of the question of whether the school should be discontinued immediately and the students transported to other high schools. Through the panel, and quest Ions asked from the floor, it was pointed out that the aim of the Education Betterment committee is a union high school and that the transporting of the students is merely a stop-gap measure to better educate the present stu dents. Panelists stated that no one knows when a consolidation will become a reality, but the concensus of option is that it is a long way off. Robert Abrams, a member of the county school reorganizat ion board, spoke at the meeting on the activities of the board and pointed out that its duties constitute only the redisricting of the present school districts. William Labhart gave a short report on the study made on juv enile delinquency for the recent planning conference. About 60 persons attended the meeting. In connection with the quest ion of discontinuance of the Lex ington high school, it was poin ted out today by county school superintendent Jack C Flug, that should the voters approve dis continuance of the school, it could not be effective until July 1, 1959. The reasons for the full year delay are that budgets for the comin year are already in and approved, and also that teacher contracts are already out for the coming year. Were the school to be discontinued next year, the district would be re quired by law to pay the teach ers for the terms of the con tracts even if they did not teach. Matthew T Hughes, Native of Heppner, Dies in Portland Graveside services were held at the IleoDner Masonic ceme tery Saturday afternoon for Mat thew T Hughes, 77, who diea April 10 at his home In Portland, lie was a native of Heppner, having been born on the family ranch a short distance north of town on January 4, 1881. Mr Hughes was a graduate of Heppner high school in 1900 and then attended the University of Oregon for three years. He was a member of the 3rd Oregon Nat ional Guard and served as guard at the Lewis and Clark Exposit ion in 1905. Mr Hughes return ed here to work on his father's ranch for some time, and later operated a stock ranch at Lone rock for 20 years. He retired In 1910 and moved to Portland where he had since made his home. He was married to Ida Copen haver in September 1912. She passed away in 1920. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs Murray V Johnson, Boise, Idaho; three brothers, John T Hughes, Salem; W J Hughes, Pendleton; Joseph Hughes, Hep pner; three sisters, Mrs Michael Healy, Boardman; Mrs Dan Buff ington, Portland; Anna McNam ee, Heppner. The Rev Charles Knox offic iated at the Graveside rites and pallbearers were John Wight man, Earl Evans, John Kenny, Frank Turner, Jerry Brosnan and Jimmy Healy. Mrs Roger Steigor of Portland is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs Archie Ball, at Ruggs. Mrs Frank Hamlin drove to Pasco Tuesday to meet relatives from St Paul, Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Harlan McCurdy have returned to Heppner after spending the winter In Medford.
