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b HEPPNEH Gazette T m E Copies 10c Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 24, 1958 And Still It Rains... Anglers Unhappy Rain that stuff that is normally quite welcome in Mor row county, but has finally be come a genuine nuisance be cause of its persistence, has con tinued to fall during the past week raising streams and hob with fishings prospects for the1110 reports of damage, but a series of weekend storms which dropped one-half inch on Heppner in two days, brought all area streams up quickly and caused some field erosion, par ticularly in the higher elevat ions. There have been no spe coming weekend. Some measurable rain has fal len during every one of the past eight consecutive days, and on 10 of the past 14 days to bring April's total fall as of Wednes day morning to 1.53 inches as recorded at the Heppner weath er station. Even as wet as i has h(.en1heavier fal1 bfil"S reported clos here, the countv still has fared er to the mountains. Monday most.ranchers are still waiting hopefully for a few dry days and a chance to get started on spring cultivation which so far has been seriously hampered by daily pre dpitation that has kept them out of the fields, Rainfall here for the past week has been .79 inch with much better than did sections of Uma tilla county near Pendleton and Pilot Rock where heavy down pours early this week has caus ed considerable flooding along McKay creek. Locally all streams are high and fairly muddy, es pecially Willow, Hinton and But ter creeks. Rhea and Rock creeks are also much higher than nor-" mal but fairly clear, though they don't give hopeful opening day (next Saturday) fishermen much encouragement. The heavy rains coming out of 7 3 ' a. night about four inches of new snow fell in the mountains, but cooler nightime temperatures had slowed runoff somewhat Wednesday. Fishermen Glum The high, muddy streams made prospects dark for opening day fishing enthusiasts. Normal ly McKay reservoir near Pendle ton attracts several hundred fishermen, but the flood condit ions in that area have just a- bout ruled out any chance there, Willow creek is too muddy to be much good, and Rhea and Rock creeks are quite high. The only county stream to receive any fish this spring is Rock creek with plantings slated for Willow and Rhea creeks later in the year. State police report that some nice catches of bass have been made in the sloughs along the Columbia near Boardman and Irrigon, but general angling 5 chances for most of northeastern uregon are reported poor. MARDINE BAKER i " t if ' L ANN BELLE COLEMAN i : f Band Carnival Set For Saturday Night The annual band carnival pre sented by the Heppner band par ents club, the American Legion and the student council, will open at 5:30 Saturday afternoon at the fair pavilion and an ev ening of fun is promised for all comers. A cafeteria will serve food throughout the evening and a wide variety of games and en tertainment will be provided. The school bands will play con certs during the evening and a carnival king and queen will be crowned. The carnival is given as a benefit for the bands. "1 i , , , J ' . I w '-; 75th Year, Number 7 Count School Budget To Climb For 1958-59 Total estimated expenditures set the money raised from local for all county schools for the 1958-59 year will be $705,490.87, an increase of $22,448.56 over the current year, the Morrow coun ty school district budget reveals. Elections on the county-wide budget will be held in all dis tricts on Monday, Mav 12 from 2 to 8 o'clock. Taxes will have to take an even larger jump to raise the necessary school money due to a decrease this year in the amount of total receipts and cash balances which go to off- j r.v - a . QUEEN SANDRA EUBANKS. daughter of Mr and Mrs John Eu- camcs oi lone, who last week was chosen queen of the Fossil Junior Rodeo, May 10 and II. Blonde Sandra, who is in the sev enth grade at lone, is shown with her princesses Judy Culver, Spray; Reta Rattray, Condon; Sady Kay Luther and Peggy Cout ure, both of Fossil. Friday Meet to Attract 10 Schools At least 10 area high schools will enter track teams in the Heppner invitation track meet to be held on the rodeo field here Friday night starting at 7:30. The meet is sponsored by Heppner high school. Over 100 track boys from Ar lington, Fossil, Condon, Uma tilla, Pilot Rock, Lexington, Wes ton, Prairie City, lone and Hepp ner will take part in the 13 events and the relays. Heppner coach Jim Mallon said Wednes day that there is a chance that two more schools may also ac cept the invitation. Mallon said he expects some extremely good competition in the events and five positions will . be awarded in each. Homemakers To Hold Festival Here Tuesday Arrangements for the annual Morrow County Homemakers Festival have recently been com pleted and Is scheduled to be held at the fair paviloin in Hepp ner on Tuesday, April 29. Hos tess this year is Lexington ex tension unit who with the help of the county extension com mittee have drafted an interest ing program for the day. Over 200 extension unit members have been given personal invitations to attend and everyone is wel come. Starting with registration at 9:30 am the morning program will include songs led by Mrs Norman Nelson and Mrs Charl es Ruggles; the welcome by Mrs Milton Biegel, chairman of the county extension committee. The Irrigon and Pine City extension units will feature skits and N C Anderson, county agent will in troduce 4-H leaders and discuss 4-H club work in Morrow county. The afternoon program features HEPPNER GIRL SELECTED ON ROUND-UP COURT A Heppner girl, whose name cannot be revealed until Friday night, will be a member of this year's Pen . dleton Round-Up Royal Court The announcement will be made at the Queen's dance to be held Friday night at Pendleton armory. The Round-Up queen and princesses have been select ed from the cities of Hepp ner, Pendleton, Portland, La Grande and Prosser, Wash ington. AH have been out standing in their local com munities both in school and in outside activities. The girls have been selected for their riding ability, for the horses and equipment they 6Wn and for their attractive appearance and personality. County Eligible For Extra Federal Highway Money The county court received word this week that the county will be eligible to receive an additional $22,000 in Federal sec ondary highway money next year as a result of the passage of a special highway approp riations measure by Congress. Judge Oscar Peterson said Wednesday that the court has no specific plans for the money, but that under the requirements of the bill, it must be spent be fore December 31, 1959. This money will be in addition to the normal $60,000 plus that the county is eligible to receive from the regular federal secondary highway appropriation during the coming two years. It must be matched in part by both the state and the county. The $22,000 by itself is a ten tatively small amount when it comes to road construction, but if the larger appropriation is made in time so that the two can be combined, a sizeable road program can be developed. Last week the state highway commission approved the award ing of a contract to Babler Bros, Inc of Portland for the oiling and construction of 5.64 miles of the McNab-Olex county road and work is expected to start on this shortly. Money had already been appropriated from similar funds for most of the cost of this pro ject, which was bid at $63,743. taxes. This carryover ana re ceipts will ;nount to $187,293.26 compared to $236,778.65 for the current year. This is a drop of $19,485.39 leaving $518,197.61 as the amount needed to balance the budget, an increase of $71, 933.95 over the current period. The tax in excess of the 6 percent limitation, as proposed by the budget, which is pub lished in its entirety elsewhere in today's paper, is $370,424.11 and the total estimated levy is $333,743.35. This is an increase of $74,091.98 over the current budget. The major increases in expen ditures for the coming year are for instruction costs which are up $13,304.99; maintenance and repairs up $4,187.36; general con trol up $6,555.90; and auxiliary agencies up $4,308.65. Capital outlay shows a de crease of $9,136.50 to only $7,172. 50 for next year. A breakdown of expenditures bv districts shows. Heppner $257,181.77; Lexington $81,255; lone $135,626.10; Boardman $89, 977; Irrigon " $109,861; Hardman $4,000 and rural $16,500. Reasons given by county school superintendent Jack Flug for the tax increase are the drop in receipts and cash carryover; the low tax base due to the fact that some districts lost their base entirely and others could be increased only the legal 6 percent a year; increased cost of maintaining buildings and making repairs; increases in teacher salaries; high cost of supplies and equipment; and amounts allowed for future pur chases of new school buses. Lost Plane Found Near John Day Bruce Davis, pilot of the plane which has been the object of a wide search in this area since Monday, walked out to a ranch house three miles south of John Day at 6:10 this morning. He had been trying to reach civ ilization since Monday after noon. According to an Associat ed Press report given this paper at noon today, Davis was not injured but in se vere shock. He said his wife had been injured in the crash, but that he didn't know how badly. He bundled her up and set out on foot for help through deep snow that covered the mountain ous area where he crashed. The report said the plane was down in the Aldrich Mountain section about IS miles southeast of John Day. A helicopter from the Port land Air Base was expected at John Day shortly after noon and ground parties from John Day, Mitchell the Forest Service and state po lice were making their way to the scene. A late radio report said the plane had been sighted and was lying upside down. Here For Catholic Meeting The search for a missing pri vate plane carrying two Fresno Calif residents which centered in the area southwest of Hepp ner for nearly two days, turn ed to the Mitchell district Wed nesday afternoon when word was received here that a sheepherder I near the Wheeler county town naa neara tne piane late Mon day evening with its engine sputtering. The plane, a Cessna 182 with Mr and Mrs Bruce Davis of Fres no on board, was on its way to Spokane where his parents live. According to the report it gassed at Klamath Falls and was plan ning to land at Pendleton but got lost in the bad weather somewhere in the vicinity of Condon. Davis radioed Pendle ton for instructions and radio aid about 3 pm Monday stating' that he was in snow and rain and was lost. That was the last Final registration figures com piled this week by the county clerk's office show a consider- skits by the Rhea creek and lone able drop in the number of both Final Registration Figures Show Drop In County Voters Important Farm Meetings Slated Two important meetings that The Seventeenth Annual Deanerv Conference of the Con fraternity of Christian Doctrine report heard from the plane. in the diocese of Baker was held I Search centered Tuesday In at the Star Theater in Heppner the Tupper guard station and on Friday, April 18th. The theme Madison Butte area southeast of of the conference was "family Heppner, when it was reported participation in the Confratern- that a plane was heard flying ity of Christian Doctrine." low over that section in the The general meeting opened storm, at 10 am, following registration.; Members of the Civil Air Pa Holy Mass was said at St Pat- trol and the Apinees, the Hood rick's church at 11:45. Philip R River Unit of the Mountan Res. Blakney, presiding officer of St cue joined the search Tuesday Patrick's Parish, Heppner, ex- wiihnut results and Wednesday tended the Welcome to the morn- afternoon while the group of six ing session, me Keynote auuress men and two mobile rescue and "Religion: basis of family life' rarfln trupka wpr in Konnner en. was delivered by -Rev- David rout(? to a new loeatiotl( they re. should be noted now by all Hazen, diocesan confraternity ceive(j wor(j bv radio that 1 . . .1 a i i J 1 4- " Gun Club Slates Annual Spring Shoot extension units, Those extension unit members having a perfect attendance during the year will be presented. Mrs E M Baker and Mrs Norman Nelson, chair men of the youth activities and home community living com mittees of the recent planning conference will feature their re ports of these active committees. Exhibits and demonstrations consisting of the projects car ried during the past year will be presented by Rhea Creek, lone, Pine City, Irrigon, Board man, Lena and Heppner units. The noon luncheon will be a potluck affair. The Heppner school FHA class will again care for pre school children of mothers who wish to attend the festival and Republicans and Democrats who are eligible to vote in the May 16 primary election. Total registration in the coun ty is 2167, 218 less than were on the rolls in October 1956. Re publicans still hold a command ing lead in the county with 1216 compared with 939 Demo crats. There are 12 who list no party preference. In 1956 there were 1332 Republicans and 1027 Democrats registered. KAREN LUNDELL Three lene Girls To Appear at Pacific U Festival The annual spring shoot will register their children by April be held Sunday, April 27 at 25. (the Morrow County Gun club (With six perpetual purses await jing winners. There will also be ,a special merchandise shoot, it iwas announced. j In the events, the purses will pay $25 to the winner, and $50 to repeat winners. The six per Two Students On OSC Honor Roll OREGON STATE - COLLEGE Adelia Ann Anderson and Janet L Wright of Heppner are listed Three Ione high school girls purses are"the Luke ib.j on the winter term scholastic honor roll at Oregon State col lege. To be eligible for honor roll u , iV t. ZJ by purse. Dale Brown purse; in the Music in May festival at Morrow county Gun club purse Pacific University at Forest TllrnoP Va t. 0A Grove, May 8 9 and 10. They WiLson'.s Men-S Wear and the listing, students must make at are: waraine BdKer, Ann oeue Far, MotQr Cq least a B plus average fof the Coleman and Karen Lundell. ' r term. The first two are seniors and BROTHER DIES Miss Anderson is a senior in Karen is a sopnomore, ana an three took part in the festival! Word was received late Wed last year, Fcrest Service Now Planting Burns Two three-man crews are now working in the Heppner dist rict of the Umatilla National Forest planting Ponderosa pine seedlings in burn areas of the district. One three-man crew has been planting In the Burnt Cabin ar ea for about two weeks, and another similar group is head quartered at Tupper Guard stat ion and are planting in the Wall creek section. Last Saturday members of the Heppner FFA ranchers, were planned recently by the Morrow County Live stock Growers Association and Morrow County Wheat Growers Association. The first, scheduled for May 3, is a buffet supper and meet ing of the membership of the Livestock Association. Robert J Stewart, Oregon State Director of Agriculture will be present to discuss the livestock situation OireCIOr. chfrnnhnrrlnr rnar Mitphnll hart The following talks were giv- reported hearing or seeing the en by confraternity members: iplane wlln its englne SpU,tering Teaching religion as parent- about 5 pm Monday. educator in the home by Capt, . Jt . Robert Schumacker, U S A F, St ' Apparently the pilot had doub John's parish, Condon. Frequent back to the south and ac Holy communion - Made more cTdmJ to h 'ePort e"dle: convenient by the recent laws of ton h would have had about . onnnrrh rrnc t fr until S rrnmnk" fast for the faithtul, by Mrs .hV fc . James Kenny. Our Lady of the Joining in the search were up a !., n,,rm!ct,,n- Ppp. to 15 planes from the Condon, iscuss the livestock situation ""f" f"""" . - - Tnji..t,, ,i rIrw,j Ri0p bom. nd outlook; contract farming huent IIoIy Communion - Made ,VnS and another 12 or 15 wer. and duties of the State Depart ment of Agriculture. The buffet supper will be held at the Elks Lodge beginning at 6:30 pm fol lowed by this informal discuss ion. The other event, is the annual spring meeting of the Morrow County Wheat Growers Associat ion which will be held at the Lexington grange hall on May 6. Floyd Root, president of the National Wheat Growers Assoc iation will be featured speaker on the subject of national farm programs and legislation. Stand ing committees will make re ports. The meeting will start at 8:00 pm. League Rummage Sale To Be May 9 10 The Heppner Civic League met Monday evening to make final plans for their annual spring rummage sale to be held May 9 and 10 at Farley Motor laws of fast for the Infirm, by searching out of Prineville Red- Mrs Mary Hermens, St Mary par ish, Pendleton. mond and Bend airports. Clouds were extremely heavy over the The Most Rev Francis P Leip- Bluf Mountains both Monday zi!, D D, Bishop of Baker, offered "u " remarks and presented awards. Tuesday afternoon before the . . - The afternoon session was con- ducted by the high school youth llow Beneral. aerifl search panel with the theme, "Worthy Wednesday morning it was a Redemption of Holy Commun- f ' f X fnd Pf"es w"e ion." Participating were Rev forced to walt for better weath" William Roden, pastor of St er John's church, Condon, director; When the radio report came in Rev James Hurley, S J, pastor of Wednesday of the Mitchell sight- St Andrew Mission, moderator; ing, the mobile ground crew, Denis D Doherty, chairman of youth panel; William Wehrli, Condon; Joann Brosnan, Hepp ner; Mary Kay Gray, Hermiston; Sandy Wagner, Pendleton; Judy Kelly, St Joseph Academy, Pen dleton. There were approximately 300 registrants. Sponsors of the deanery conference were Condon, St John's church, Rev William Roden; Heppner, St Patrick's church, Rev Patrick Gaire; Her miston, Our Laly of the Angels chapter aided with the planting, i M Harry Bongers told the church, Rev Leopold O'Riordan, A total of about 60,000 little' trees will be set out. WEATHER the school of education. A 1954 graduate of HeDDner hiph school nesday by Luke Bibby of the j she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ervin Anderson of Heppner. A 19o7 graduate of Heppner Mardine and Ann Belle will death of his brother Art Bibby play clarinet and tenor saxa- in The Dalles. Mr Bibbv is a phone in the band and Karen resident of Portland, but no oth- hieh scchonl TvTIss WHuht i a will sing second soprano in the er information was available. Mr ; freshman in the school of sci choir and play some accompani- and Mrs Luke Bibby left im- ence. She is the daughter of Mr ments. mediately for The Dalles. and Mrs Walter W Wright. Hi Low Prec 59 44 . .08 61 31 .08 59 33 .03 65 48 .10 56 40 .25 55 36 .25 50 32 T Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rainfall for the week .79; for April 1.53; for the year 6.93 ( ing should be In to the commit inches. tee by May 1. group about life in the Nether lands, of which she is a native. Committees appointed for the rummage sale are co-chairmen of the sale, Mrs Philip Blakney and Mrs Gordon Pratt; pick-up, Mrs William Labhart, Mrs Jack Healy, Mrs Rod Murray; clerks, Mrs Robert Abrams, Mrs L E Dick; cleaning, Mrs Dave Eck man, Mrs Fred Gimbel; adver tising, Mrs Paul Koenig, Mrs Jean Mallory. Articles that will need clean- OFM, Cap; Rev Daniel Duffy, OFM, Cap; Pendleton St Mary's church, Rev Guy Ward, S J; Rev Francis Callan, S J; Rev David Collins, S J; St Andrew's Mission, Rev James P Hurley, S J; St Anthony hospital, Rev Charles Young. GOC MEETING MONDAY The Heppner unit of the Ground Observer Corps will meet Monday, April 28 at 2 o' clock at the home of Mrs Riley Munkers. MSgt Ralph A Bragg will speak to the group. which Is entirely volunteer and operates two radio-equipped res cue trucks, immediately left Heppner for Mitchell to join searchers there. Adding to the difficulty In the Tupper area search, was about four inches of wet snow which fell Tuesday night. The Hood River search and res cue mobile units serve as ground base operations for searchers as they have radio contact with CAP planes and their ground crews. LEAVE FOR HAWAII Mrs Alta Cutsforth and Mrs Van Hubbard left Tuesday by plane for a weeks vacation trip to Hawaii. Lester Doolittle, who ii a pat ient at Pioneer Memorial hospit al was visited last weekend by his son Paul and daughter Mar garet, both of Portland. Mrs Margaret Miller, former Heppner resident, Is working at a fraternity house in Walla Wal la and attended college Dart time.
