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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
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ANN BELLE COLEMAN
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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.