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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)
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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
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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.
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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.