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Defense Operations
Local and county civil de
fense agencies moved this week
to complete preparations for Op
eration Alert 1958, annual nat
ional civil defense exercise, set
for May 6 and 7. All but one of
Oregon's 36 counties will engage
in control center operations dur
ing the two day training exer
cise, and many will have field
exercises, Colonel Arthur M
Sheets, state civil defense dir
ector, said in announcing the
exercise.
This is the nation's fifth an
nual Operation Alert. Previous
exercises were held during sum
mer months, but this year the
event was moved up to May to
allow greater participation of
schools, according to Col Sheets.
The simulated enemy attack
which will provide problems for
civil defense forces to solve dur
ing the two-day exercise wil!
not be known until sealed en
velopes sent to the Oregon State
Civil Defense (Agency by the
federal government are opened
at specified times on the morn
ing of May 6. Previously desig
nated Oregon targets include
Portland and lamath Falls.
Field exercises and public par
ticipation events range from es
tablishment of 23 Emergency
Welfare Centers set up in 21
counties to register, feed and
lodge imaginary or simulated
evacuees, to setting up a 200-
bed emergency hospital In the
McMinnville armory. In many
counties school evacuations and
exercises will be held, includ
ing Lane, Clackamas and Yam
hill counties. Mass feeding exer
cises are planned in Morrow,
Polk and Gilliam counties, and
state employees in Salem will
evacuate the capitol mall build
ings. The OSCDA control center will
be manned with department
heads of state agencies assum
ing their roles as heads of em
ergency services. Two federal ob-
servors will be on hand for the
state activities, and Governor
Robert D Holmes will participate
briefly.
Announced objectives of this
year's Operation Alert include
concentrating on perfecting op
erational readiness, strengthen
continuity of government, and
examining the feasibility of re
sponsibilities assigned in the
new state .operations plan.
Morrow county Civil Defense
head Norman Nelson of Board
man reported this week that lo
cal units will take part both
days in the Operation Alert ex
ercises. Participating will be
state to county radio control and
alerts to all cities; school, fire
and police departments will
function as will the welfare de
partment. Nelson will be operat
ing out of the Boardman city
emergency reception center.
Locally, fire chief C A Ruggles
said today that the department
will make a practice "dry run"
sometime during the alert. The
location of the supposed fire will
not be known until the word is
received.
Local amateur radio operators
will also have a major role to
play in communications with
emergency stations already be
ing planned for immediate op
eration when word of the test
alert is received.
State Ag Director
To Speak May 5
Robert J Steward, director of
State Department of Agriculture
wiJl be guest speaker of the
Morrow County Livestock Assoc
iation when they meet May 5th.
Livestock association members
which total over 100 have been
given a special invitation to at
tend but all livestock men are
invited. Steward, on his first
trip to Heppner, as State Direct
or of Agriculture will discuss the
agricultural situation and out
look with special emphasis on
livestock. Comments will be
made concerning contract farm
ing or vertical integration which
is becoming popular throughout
the United States. This type of
agribusiness is becoming a con
cern to many farmers and ranch
ers who are trading their Inde
pendence for an insured Income.
Guests of the livestock assoc
iation will be members of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce at this buffet
supper event. The get-together
is scheduled for the Elks lodge
room beginning at 6:30 pm.
NEXT CHEST X-RAY
DATE IS MAY 7
Residents of Morrow county
are urged to take advantage of
the free chest X-Ray given at
Pioneer Memorial hospital on
the first Wednesday of each
month. The next date is May
7 from 7 to 8:30 pm.
They will be given free to any
resident 15 years of age or older.
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County-Wide Help Asked For Blood Drive
BLOODMOBILE
COMING MAY 7
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25 4-H Summer
School Delegates
Chosen From Area
Twenty five 4-H boys and
girls were selected recently by
a committee of 4-H parents and
leaders to attend the annual 4-H
summer school which will be
held on Oregon State college
campus June 16 through 22. This
group is the quota for the lone,
Lexington, Heppner commun
ities. Seven 4-H members
from the Irrigon-Boardman area
are yet to be selected.
With this year's 4-H summer
school shortened in time, dele
gates have been asked to enroll
in special classes, dress revue
and arrange for bus transpor
tation earlier than in past years.
Those planning the classes, rec
reation and special events hope
to squeeze into seven days what
was formerly done in ten days
without sacrificing the good re
cord of activities of summer
school. The time was shortened
due to rising costs and the need
for making an adjustment either
in the cost of scholarship or
length of the event. It was de
cided to try a one week summer
school this year.
Those club members chosen
from records submitted were
Gary Van Blokland, Jerry An
derson, Roger Doherty, Nat
Webb, Dennis Doherty, William
Rill, Shirley Van Winkle, Ber
nlce Thomson, Mary Slocum,
Libby Van Schoiack, Carol K An
derson, Connie Anderson of Hep
pner; Kenneth Smouse, Linda
Halvorsen, Dianne Pettyjohn,
Marilyn Morgan. Brenda Town
send, Jo Ann Turner, Linda
Hams, Linda Rae Heimbigner
and Judy Morgan of lone; Thom
as Martin, Russell Dolven, Karl
Beach, Beverly ( Davidson, of
Lexington.
The summer school selection
committee composed of Ken
neth Smouse, lone; Bernard Do
herty, Heppner; Mrs Kenneth
Peck and Mrs Bob Mathews, Lex
ington made selections from the
boys and girls submitting 4-H
permanent record sheets. Those
considered were 13 years or ol
der on January 1, 1958 who had
completed at least two years of
successful 4-H projects. The
group was approved by the
South Morrow 4-H council at
their regular monthly meeting,
April 24. North Morrow 4-H
member delegates will be se
lected, soon.
Delegates to 4-H summer
school will again be sponsored
by interested individuals or or
ganizations and businesses. The
scholarship is $25.00. A commit
tee composed of Harold Beach,
Alfred Nelson; Lexington; Mar
cel Jones and Mrs Walter Wright,
Heppner are now soliciting for
scholarships.
Scholarships provided to date
through contacts that have been
made in Lexington, Grange,
Morrow County Farm Bureau,
Alfred Nelson, Jr, Lexington Oil
Cooperative, Padberg Machinery
Company and Pine City Exten
sion Unit full scholarships.
Part scholarships have been pro
vided by Jim Barnett, lone Chev
ron Station, Rietmann Hardware,
Britows Market, McCabe Meat
Market, Bill Melana, Verner
Troedson, Dick's Market, Jordon
Elevator, Charles O'Connor In
surance and lone Shell Oil Dis
tributor, Paul Pettyjohn all of
lone, Mr and Mrs Walter Wright,
Heppner and Hatfield Grocery,
Lexington.
The delegation will travel by
chartered Greyhound bus again
this year.
Dr and Mrs Duane A Fellows
of Garabaldi visited Sunday
with her cousins Mrs Lester Doo
little and Miss Leta Humph
reys. The Fellows were on their
way home from Arizona.
Wednesday, May 7, will bt?
Blood Donor Day in Morrow
county. As one of the 14 coun
ties participating in the Colum
bia River regional .. blood pro
gram of the Red Cross, Morrow
county will have the opportun
ity next week to build up a
quota of valuable blood credits.
The blood donated by local res
idents will become immediately
available to the 42 hospitals ser
ved by the regional blood center
at Yakima. Besides helping re
new the important blood supply
for public health and defense
needs and for the daily needs of
patients throughout this area,
it will serve as a tangible In
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 1, 1958
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MISS JANICE EEAMER, second from left, was chosen as a member of Queen Judy Lazinka'8
Pendleton Round-Up royal ccurt. The announcement was made Friday night at the Queen's
dance in Pendleton, Janice is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Beamer of Heppner and is a
senior at Heppner high school. She is an excellent horsewoman and has ridden since she was
three. She Is a member of the Wrangler's riding club. Other members of the court are, left to
right, princesses Marcia Bull, Portland; Janice Beamer; Queen Judy Lazinka of Pendleton; Lor-
etta Anderson of Prosser. Washington; and Ka y Smutz of La
Burns Fatal To
Mother of Two
Burns suffered when a heat
ing stove exploded while she
was attempting to light it, took
the life of Mrs Wilma Barker,
26, of Butter Creek. She was
burned Friday morning and died
Saturday evening at Pioneer
Memorial hospital. She was
burned over 80 percent of her
body.
The Barkers had been employ
ed at the Raymond French ranch
for the past year. They came
here from Pilot Rock which had
been Mrs Barker's home.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at Pendleton.
Surviving are her husband
Grant; a son William, 2 years
of age; and one daughter, Mar
ian, 1 year old.
Accident Victim
Dies Here Saturday
Darrell Jones, 29, of Condon
died Saturday night at Pioneer
Memorial hospital from injur
ies received when his car struck
the Rock Creek bridge on the
Heppner-Condon highway.
According to meager informat
ion available, Jones, who had
been working in Madras, suff
ered fractured ribs and a punct
ured lung in the accident. He
walked some distance before be
ing picked up and taken to Con
don. He was brought here to the
hospital, but died within a short
time.
No funeral details are avail
able. Rummage Sale
Location Changed
Location of the Heppner Civic
League's annual rummage sale
has been changed to Empire Ma
chinery company, it was an
nounced this week. The sale is
put on by the club to raise funds
to support the Heppner kinder
garten. Sale dates are May 9 and 10
and the club will welcome any
donations.
surance against future individ
ual needs of Morrow county don
ors. Mrs Orville Cutsforth, Red
Cross chapter chairman for Mor
row county, also serving as
blood chairman for the drawing
next Wednesday, explains the
positive value of the program
thus: "By donating blood a citi
zen obtains a credit for himself
or any other member of his fam
ily to be applied whereever fu
ture surgery or emergency treat
ment may call for a transfus
ion In Portland, Pendleton,
wherever the nationwide recip
rocal program is in effect. Also,
the Red Cross national blood pro
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Girl On Pendleton Round
Assistant Ranger
Added to Heppner
Forest District
Fred W Trussing has been
named new assistant ranger in
the Heppner district of the Uma
tilla National Forest, it was an
oounced today by Vic Kreimey
er, district Ranger. He was trans
ferred here from the Lakewood
Ranger district of the Nocilet
National Forest in Wisconsin.
His new position in the Hepp
ner district made necessary by
the increased work load.
Before going to Nicolet Nat
ional Forest, Trussing had been
assistant ranger and timber
management assistant on the
Baker Ranger district of the Wallow-Whitman
National Forest at
Baker. He served four seasons
as a smoke jumper in region
I at Missoula, Montana along
with other work in that region.
He served In the Navy in World
War II, is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Montana and his home
is Lakewood, Wisconsin.
Mrs Prussing and their four
children will join him here as
soon as housing can be obtain
ed. MountainSnowpack
Above Normal
Water content of the Arbuck
le mountain snowpack contin
ues above average for this time
of year. Measurements taken
Monday, April 28, by Tom Wil
son, Soil Conservation Service,
showed 26 inches of snow with
10.2 inches of water remaining
on the course.
Past records show the snow
pack usually is melted by the
end of April, but extensive Ap
ril storms and cool weather has
held the snow in the mountains
longer this year, Wilson said.
In 1957 and 1956 no snow re
mained on the course by the end
of April. In April 1955, cool wet
weather similar to this year held
the snow and 41 inches with a
water content of 15.7 inches was
measured.
Soils are wet and unfrozen be
neath the snowpack, Wilson
stated and will favor run-off
jirom snow-men.
gram produces by fractionation
of whole blood the extremely
valuable supplies of gamma
globulin, serum albumin, and
fibrinogen medical products
which would cost prohibitively,
which are made available where
needed without cost to the pat
ient." The May 7th drawing will be
held at the Episcopal parish
hall, in Heppner, from 11 am to
3 pm.
"We want to collect 1007c of
our quota of 100 pints." says Mrs
Cutsforth. "This means that ev
eryone who agrees to donate
must appear without fail."
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Two Girls' State
Delegates Chosen
Two Heppner girls this week
were selected as delegates to
Girls' State which will be held
June 16 to 22 at Salem under
the sponorship of the state Am
erican Legion Auxiliary.
The Heppner Legion Auxiliary
named Janice Martin as delegate
and Janice Driscoll as alternate.
The other delegate, spon
sored by the Soroptimist club Is
Carole Anno Anderson and her
alternate is Celia Boulden.
Both girls are Juniors at
Heppner high school. Janice
is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs Randall Martin of Butter
Creek, and Carole Anne is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs N C
Anderson of Heppner.
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec
Thursday 48 37 .17
Friday 55 33
Saturday 54 37 .11
Sunday 53 32 .02
Monday 56 33
Tuesday 60 32
Wednesday 61 36
Rainfall for the week .30; for
April 1.83; for the year 7.23 in
ches. it
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NELS ANDERSON, Morrow county agent, who this week was nam
ed Morrow county's Father of the Year by the Morrow county
Cow Belles. (GT Photo)
Monday
Decide Lexington
High School Fate
Board Members to be Named
In All County School Districts
All school districts in the
county will hold annual meet
ings and election of directors
next Monday, May 5 with the
polls to be open from 2 to 8 pm.
At least one director will be
chosen in each district, but the
greatest interest is expected in
the Lexington district where vot
ers, in addition to choosing a
board member, will decide
whether to discontinue the high
school or to keep it operating
as in the past. The ballot title
will be "shold the Lexington
High School be discontinued."
Feeling is pretty well divided
in the district as to which course
to take. The recently organized
Lducation Betterment Commit
lee is urging that the school be
discontinued and that the dis
trict then make arrangements
to have the district's high school
students transported to either
Heppner or lone high schools,
Their primary argument for the
National President
To Speak At
Wheat Meeting
Floyd Root, Wasco, president
National Association of Wheat
Growers will be the main speak
er at the annual spring meet
ing of the Morrow County Wheat
Growers Association which will
be held at the Lexington Grange
hall on May 6th, 1958. Mr Root
will report on national legislat
ion and farm programs.
Mr Root elected as president
of this organization at their an
nual meeting in Spokane in ear
ly February, has spent much of
his time in Washington, D C
since Congress convened in Jan
uary. He is well informed on
legislative matters pertaining to
agriculture of which, all Morrow
county farmers should be inter
ested. Progress reports of activities of
the six committees including
marketing and transportation,
production and land use, fed
eral agricultural programs, do
mestic wheat utilization, youth
activities and taxation and leg
islation will be a feature of the
evening program. Morrow coun
ty's Conservation Man of the
Year for 1958 will be presented.
Recently a Conservation Man of
the Year committee visited farms
in Morrow county making their
county selection.
Milton Morgan, chairman will
preside. The meeting is sched
uled to begin at 8 pm. All wheat
growers are invited to take part
in the program and partake of
refreshments being served by
the Lexington Grange home eco
nomics committee at the con
elusion of the meeting.
Youth Day to be
Noted by Elks
In observance of Elks Nation
al Youth Activities Day, Hepp
ner lodge will present a short
program before lodge tonight
(May 1) for all Elks and their
wives.
Through the cooperation of
Heppner high school Judy
Schmidt, Linda Valentine and
Laura Lee Sumner will present
a flute trio accompanied by
Jeanne Schmidt; Renn Harris
and Steven Flug will play a bass
clarinet and tenor saxaphone
duet; and Carole Anne Ander
son will give a reading titled
Man."
A pantomime performed by
Sandra Jones, Sheryl Harris,
Judy Brinda and Sharon Keith
ley will complete the program.
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Vote to
change is that Lexington stu
dents will have better educat
ional opportunities in a larger
school.
Also quite active is another
group which is seeking to re
tain the high school in Lexing
ton. This group has obtained sig
natures of over 70 residents of
the district who favor status
quo. Only one person filed a petit
ion for the one Lexington school
board post to be vacant In June.
He is Bernard Doherty. The Ed
ucation Betterment Committee
is currently urging a write-In
vote for places on three boards
where vacancies will occur. They
are Mrs Kenneth (Lucille) Peck,
for the Lexington board; Edwin
(Tad) Miller, for the non-high
board; and Gar Leyva for the
rural school board.
Running for member at large
on the rural board is Garland
Swanson of lone. Phil Blakney
and Dick Wilkinson are seeking
the seat in zone 4 (Heppner) and
James Henderson is running for
the rural board position from
zone 1 which is Irrigon-Boardman.
No one filed for the open
position on the non-high board.
In the Heppner district, Ray
mond French is seeking re-election
for a five year term; and
Bryce Keene, present lone school
board chairman, is up for re
election in that district.
The wide Interest In the Lex
ington high school discontin
uance question is expected to
bring out a record vote in that
district while most others expect
only a mediocre turnout of in
terested persons. The Lexington
vote concerns only the high
school, no attempt Is being made
to discontinue the grade school
there.
Father of Year
Honor Goes to
Nels Anderson
One of the county's best
known Dads was this week giv
en the honor of Morrow county
"Father of the Year." He is Nel
son C Anderson, county agent
here for the past 12 years, the
father of seven children and a
hard-working "Pop" to all the
county's several hundred 4-H
club members.
Anderson was chosen for the
award by the Morrow County
Cow Belles and he is the second
to receive such an honor.
Nels Anderson came here June
1, 1916 from Bowan county,
North Dakota where ho had
worked as county agent and In
his 12 years In-the same position
locally has been active in many
farm and civic organizations. His
4-H work is of great importance
to him and he is proud of the
fact that the number of 4-H
clubs In the county has grown
from 16 to 30 during the past
12 years, though he gives most
of the credit for such growth to
the many leaders who have aid
ed. Club membership has more
than doubled during that per
iod. His own youngsters are as
wrapped up in 4-H work as their
Dad for six of the seven (the
seventh isn't yet quite old
enough to start a project) are
now carrying 19 different 4-H
projects which run all the way
from livestock to child care and
canning. Nels says, "The kids
kind of help develop me. I have
to keep going to keep up with
them.
His wife Esther, also plays an
important part in 4-H work ser
ving as club leader for several
clubs.
His family includes Carole
Anne, 17; Connie, 15; Jerry, 14;
twins David and Douglas 11;
Kit 7; and Richard 4 months.
The two girls are both club
leaders, and Jerry Is a junior
leader and Is carrying two FFA
projects in school.
Anderson has served as sec
retary of many local organizat
ions including the Heppner and
Boardman Soil Districts; Mor
row County Livestock Growers
and the Wheat Growers; and the
county fair board. He was a
member of the JayCee's and was
named junior citizen of the year
in 1949; he beolngs to the cham
ber of commerce and has served
on its board of directors; he is
a member of the Farm Bureau,
the Greenfield Grange and the
Elks lodge, and is chairman of
the agriculture committee of Po
mona Grange.