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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 8, 1958
75th Year, Number 9
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Local CD Crews
Get Workout In
Test Alert
The Morrow county Civilian
Defense organization, hardly
more than one year old, showed
up very well in the two day
nationwide Operation Alert held
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Some snafus showed up in the
early stages of the test alert,
but in nearly every case, they
came from other sections of the
state, and not the local organ
ization. The first, and worst ball-up,
came early Tuesday when, due
to a misunderstanding at the
Pendleton district warning cen
ter Morrow and several other
counties received no word of the
start of the alert which came at
7:36 am. Word was received by
Norman Nelson, county CD head,
at his headquarters in the court
house at 10 o'clock that morning,
two and one-half hours late, and
it came through radio monitor
ing of other county's CD com
munications. Though the plan was slow in
setting started here, the event
ual results are probably among
the best in the entire state. On
the credit side of the ledger were
the following results:
Every community in Morrow
countv took active cart.
Every school in the county
held test fire drills and tsoara-
man and Irrigon schools carried
out evacuation drills.
Every city sounded some form
of warning alarm.
Everv fire department in the
county conducted a "dry run"
to test turnout and facilities.
Medical facilities were survey
ed and supplies checked and ac
counted.
Emergency' radio communi
cations were established immed
iately and were used through
out the two days.
- Emergency welfare operations
werp established.
Arrangements were made to
Dublish emergency newspapers
Available food and housing
suDDlies were tallied.
A continuing pattern of radio
active fallout was plotted nere
The basis for the test was the
dropping of nuclear bombs on
Portland. Salem, Redmond and
Klamath Falls with the first one
hitting Portland shortly before
in am Tuesday. By plotting the
wind direction it was found that
the fallout pattern would have
made The Dalles "hot" within
three hours; the edge of the
cloud could have been to Wil
lows by 3:45 pm, and to Hermis
ton bv 6:45 cm Tuesday requir
ing evacuation of all those areas
Within a 12 hour period riepp
ner, Lexington and lone would
havo been within the cloud pat
tern and here it would have been
necessary to stay in shelter for
36 hours or evacuate.
Nelson pointed out that the
fallout pattern would hold true
for about 60 percent of the year
due to prevailing west winds.
Nelson stated that he received
much aid from Heppner high
school students who assisted him
and that a plan has been set
up for future aid from this
source.
Radio communications were
handled for the local headquart
ers by several local amateurs in
cluding Glenn Way, in whose
shop most communications were
handled, Earl Blake, Ray Smith,
Ralph Taylor, Mickey Van Schoi
ack, Stanley Holm and Will O'
Harra.
kelson expressed satisfaction
with the results of the test and
stated that he will be called to
Sflipm CD headauarters May 19
to report on how it was handled
here. He said he received fine
cooperation from all sections.
Mrs James Mounts
Dies in Alaska
Word has been received of the
death of Mrs James Mounts
(Marie Akers) at Fairbanks,
Alaska on April 22. She was 46
years of age and was born Oct
11, 1911 in Toppenish, Washing
ton, the daughter of Mr and Mrs
A L Tucker of Fairbanks. Both
she and her parents were form
er Heppner residents.
She is survived by her hus
band and one daughter, Ida.
Burial was in a Grandview,
Washington cemetery.
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ALERT MEANT MUCH WORK to
man Nelson of Boardman who is snown nere pioiung raaio an
ive fallout ever the county Tuesday from information supplied
to him through emergency radio communications. Nelson estab
lished his headquarters at the sheriff's office in the courthouse
and received reports there from all segments of the county's
m nrrrnniTntinn. The test alert was acclaimed a success from
the countv viewpoint at least,
on the state level.
.nw tTTM rTTPtwn TrsT RTERT Tho HeDDner Fire Depart
ment joined with other county
equipment and plans for an emergency uvuwb xeieno
Without prior 'warning to firemen, they were called to an imag
inary fire at Interior Warehouse in northwest Heppner. The call
rnme ot 11 am and a good response resuuea. mi i-uwwj
Death Claims
Hilma Anderson
Funeral services were held
Monday at 10 o'clock for Hilma
Marie Anderson, 69, who passed
away May 2 at Pioneer Mem
orial hospital following a ling
ering illness. Rites were conduct
ed at All Saints' . Episcopal
church by the Rev Lane W Bar
ton, Bishop of Eastern Oregon.
Mrs Anderson was a native
of Morrow county, having been
born November 28, 1888 at Eight
mile. She was a member of the
Rebekah' lodge and the Luther
an church. Her husband, Frank
Anderson, preceeded her in death
in 1919.
She is survived by one son,
Frank Anderson, and one daugh
ter, Mrs James Farley, both ot
Heppner; five sisters, Mrs Flor
Recket. Miss Esther Berg-
strom, Mrs Hanna Anderson, all
of Heppner; Mrs Ellen Allyn
Portland: Mrs Emma Long, Mil-
waukie, Wis; four brothers, Carl
and John Bergstrom, Heppner;
tfdwin Berestrom, lone; and Wil
fred Bergstrom of Portland. She
also leaves five grandcnimren.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery with Cres
wick Mortuary in charge of ar
rangements.
Regional Farm
Bureau Meeting Set
Lex Grange May 14
nilliam. Morrow and Umatilla
county Farm Bureaus will hold
a regional meeting at tne Lex
ington Granee hall, May 15
starting with a potluck dinner
at fi Dm. All Morrow Bureau
members are urged to attend
The program will include dis
cussions on: Farm Bureau worn
en's urogram by Mrs John Dev
eroux, OFBF women's chairman;
state issues, by George Dewey
executive secretary; national iss
hps hv Gerald Deterine, presi
dent; county FB achievement
program by Cliff Wright, ciireci
rr of orsanization: publicity and
news reporting by Scott Lamb,
information director; ana com
modity by Howard Fujii, com
modity director.
The Morrow county Farm Bur
eau will furnish the potluck
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county Civil Defense Director Nor-
and apparently functioned well
(GT Photo)
CD agencies Tuesday in testing
Primary Election
Polls Listed
Countv clerk Bruce Lindsay
today released the list of poll
ing places for the May lb pri
mary election':
Northwest Heppner Empire
Machinery
Northeast
Heppner Empire
Heppner Court
Heppner court
Machinery
Southwest
house.
Southeast
house.
lone city hall.
Lexington Odd Fellows buil
ding.
Boardman Grange hall.
Irrigon schoolhouse.
Hardman Odd Fellows hall.
Polls will be open from 8 am
to 8 pm.
Student Officers
Named At Heppner
Student hodv elections were
held at Heppner high school
Tuesday noon with Renn Harris
being chosen president for next
year and Bob Mahoney vice pres
ident. The election was preceed
ed by a period of campaign
snpeches.
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Other officers named included
Celia Boulden, secretary; Con
nip Anderson, assistant treasur
er: historian. Mickey Van Schoi-
ack; and Tom Driscoll, sergeant
at arms. Cheerleaders will be
Carolyn Carter. Carol K Ander
son, Celia Boulden and Carolyn
McDaniel.
Picnic Committee
Asks For Donations
Officers of the county pioneer
association, hosts for the annual
Memorial day pioneer picnic,
this week are asking for donat
ions for meat for the picnic. The
picnic is always potluck, but
the local organization supplies
the meat, and needs funds to
enable it to do so.
Anyone wishing to help is as
ked to call Lennie Louden,
6-5313; Mrs Give Huston or Dr
A D McMurdo.
Mr and Mrs Donald E Turner
and children of Portland were at
the home of his parents, Mr and
Mrs J O Turner, from Friday un
til Sunday.
Soil Judging to
Be Part of Week's
Conservation Plan
The first soil judging field day
and contest to be held in Mor
row county will be an event of
Conservation Week and will be
held at the Newt O'Harra ranch
near Lexington on May 15. How
ard Cushman, Soil Conservation
ist, OSC and Elmer Hill, Soil Sci
entist, soil Conservation Service
will assist with the field day and
contest. Those attending will
have the opportunity to exam
ine soil profiles in the area and
use the soil judging card. Be
ginning at 11 am those present
vill be coached in what to look
for in judging soil. After lunch
all will have the opportunity to
learn by going through a soil
judging contest sponsored joint
ly by the Boardman and Hepp
ner Soil Conservation Districts.
Substantial prizes have been do
nated by Inland Chemical, Cen
tral Fertilizer and Les Wyman
pf Heppner and lone, lhere will
be prizt;s for men, for women and
for youth.
Those attending are asked to
hrinc a sack lunch with the
O'Harra's providing coffee. Every
one is invited to attend. -
Soil Week
Program, Area
Practices Outlined
A total of 539 acres of strip
cropping was established in the
Heppner Soil Conservation Dis
trict in April, according to the
monthly progress,, report given
at a meeting of supervisors lues
day night in the First National
Bank building.
A lirpalr .rlnwn rf tha tnlnl
shows 154 acres contour stripped
on the ranch of Don Peterson;
243 acres for C N Jones and Sons;
102 acres on the Raymond Lun
dell ranch and 40 on the Jack
Sumner farm. Two new district
cooperators, Kenneth Turner and
Kenneth Batty, plan to establish
250 acres each of strips this year
to bring the total to over 1000
acres. At present over 10,000 ac
res of farm land are In strip
cropping in the district, the re
port showed.
Tom Helseth, Oregon State
Conservationist, Soil Conservat
ion Service, Portland, will be
guest sneaker at the Morrow-
Heppner Chamber of Commerce
at the noon lunclieon Monday,
May 12, at O'Donnell's Cafe,
Newt O'Harra, county chairman
for state conservation week, May
11-18, announced. Other conser
vation week activities will in
clude school exhibits on conser
vation week, soil stewardship
Sunday observances in local
churches and soil judging con
test Thursday, May 15, at 11 am
at the O'Harra ranch near Lex
ington. Other conservation practices
in the district included In the
April progress report showed
480 acres of grass-legume seed
ings; 137 acres of land leveled
on the ranches of Jasper Meyers,
Darrel Padberg, Earl McKinney
and E B Wattenburger and con
servation farm plan completed
on 3,672 acres on the Valentine
Rice ranch.
Reorganization To
Be Subject of Two
P-TA Programs
Both the Heppner and the lone
P TA's will hear talks next Wed
nesday, May 14 on school dis
trict reorganization. Fredrick
Martin, chairman of the school
reorganization committee, will
speak at the Heppner meeting,
and Robert Abrams, a committee
member will speak to the lone
group.
Martin just returned from a
state meeting at Salem, and is
expected . to give a very inter
esting talk.
School Budget Up
For Monday Vote
Voters of all school districts
in the county will go to the
polls Monday, May 12 to vote
on the county school budget
which calls for an appropriation
of $370,424.11 in excess of the
6 per cent limitation for the op
eration of all county schools for
the coming fiscal year.
Numerous Board
Members Named
In Monday Vote
One hundred and seventy-two
voters turned out Monday to cast
their votes in the Lexington
school election and overwhelm
ingly voted to retain their pre
sent high school. The vote was
121 to 51.
The total vote is probably
something of a record as it rep
resents well over 90 percent ot
the registered voters and this
compares with a total vote of
8 in 1957 and 5 in 1956.
In other contests at Lexington,
E H (Tad) Miller won a spot
on the non-high board for zone
II with 50 votes. He was follow
ed by Elwynne Peck with 29,
Bill Parsons 18, Eldon Padberg
5, Lucille Peck 5. Bernard Do
herty won the post on the Lex
ington school board by a mar
gin of 116 to 39 for Lucille Peck.
The vote on the discontinuance
of the Lexington high school
which would require transpor
tation of students to other
schools climaxed a period of in
tense controversy with feeling
running high on both sides. The
plan was designated as a temp
orary measure to provide equal
educational opportunity until
such a time as consolidation of
the schools might be put into
effect.
All Districts, Vote
In other districts of the coun
tv. all of whom voted on Mon
day, the following results were
reported:
Heppner Raymond French
was reelected to a five year term
on the local board with 75 votes.
He was unopposed. Dick Wilk
inson edged out Phil Blakney 42
to 37 for a post on the rural
school board from zone IV, and
Garland Swans received 62 votes
to 11 for L E Dick for the mem
ber at large on the rural board.
lone Bryce Keene was reelec
ted to the local board 32 votes to
2 for Ray Heimbigner. Garland
Swanson received 33 for member
at large on the rural board, and
Irma Morrison 1.
Irrigon-Bessie hodos iuccu-
hoard 72 votes. Rural board, Zone
lirk'on Bessie Hobbs, local
Warner 1: rural, member at
large, Garland Swanson 20, Jam
es Henderson 2, Lloyd Berger 3.
Non high board, zone I, Warren
McCoy 9, William Smeder 6,
James Henderson 8, Andrew
Skiles 6. "
Boardman Local board Har
old Kress 31. Rural board, zone
I, James Henderson 30, Russell
Miller 1. Rural board, member
at large, Garland Swanson 24.
Non high board, zone I, Willard
Baker 9, Dewey West 4, Roy Part
low 3, Henry Zivney 3.
Hardman Local board, Vein
Batty 2; rural board, member at
large, Garland Swanson 2.
The unofficial tally shows Wil
lard Baker, Boardman, and War
ren McCoy of Irrigon are tied
for the non-high board from zone
I with nine votes each. Garland
Swanson easily won the rural
board seat with 246 votes.
Hospital Slates Open
House During "Week
In observance of National Hos-
Mav 11 to 17, Pio
neer Memorial hospital will hold
an open house on Sunday, May
is fmm 2 to 6 pm. There will be
guided tours provided all visi
tors and refreshments win oe
served by members of the new
ly formed hospital auxiliary.
The county has one oi me oest
equipped hospitals in the state,
Auxiliary members stated, and
the public is invited to visit their
hospital and become oeuer ac
quainted with the facilities that
are available.
Work Starts On
Park Ski Facility
ifpaw work on a ski slide
addition to facilities at Cutsforth
nark on Herren creek started
early this week, when a crew
of three men and a bulldozer
from Heppner Pine Mills was
sent to the area.
The slide will be located on
the hill above the park and will
be about 800 feet long and 600
to 800 feet wide. The mill is
donating the work for the de
velopment of the park area.
COUNTY CONSERVATIONISTS
named Morrow county Conservation Man oi tne xear, du ue
wouldn't be photographed without his wife, who has played a big
part in his winning of the award. The announcement of the
award came at the beginning of the nationwide observance
of Conservation Week. (Wilson Studio)
Young Rancher Wins
Conservation Title
Because of excellent conservat
ion methods of farming steep
and shallow lands on his 922
acre farm in the Eightmile area,
Jack Sumner has been named
Morrow county "conservation
man of the year" by a select
ion committee headed by Max
Barclay, vice president of the
Morrow County Wheat Growers
Association.
Petitions Ask
Vote on County
Unit School Plan
Petitions carrying the signa
tures of over 150 persons were
filed late Wednesday with the
county court asking for a vote
to put into effect a county unit
school plan in Morrow county.
The court is expected to pre
sent the petitions to the county
school reorganization committee
at its meeting in Heppner to
night (Thursday) for the approv
al of that group which must be
rpf-pived heforp the measure can
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R.ipflv. thp county unit plan
would replace all present indi
vidual school districts and
boards in the county and cen
tralize purchasing, hiring, etc.,
in the hands of a manager or
county superintendent. One ad
vantage of such a plan, it was
ixiinted out. is that the entire
county would be included In the
district (unit) and would auto
matically return to the county
tax valuation which now goes
to Echo and Arlington because
of the overlapping into Morrow
countv of some Umatilla and
Gilliam county districts. It is
claimed that the establishment
of a county unit is about the
only way that such valuation
can be returned to the county.
That valuation is approximate
ly $1,800,000.
Recently the county reorgan
ization committee made a tent
ative recommendation that the
county be divided into two dis
tricts, one in the north of the
county, and one for the Heppner,
lone, Lexington and Hardman
areas. However, it is said that
such a two-district plan will not
rftake possible the return of tax
valuation to the county as would
be possible under the county un
it proposal.
Under a "county unit plan,
board members would be elect
ed from zones in the county
which would assure that each
area would be represented.
WEATHER
HI
69
69
73
65
68
66
Low
45
42
43
36
43
45
48
Prec
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
.47
.11
Wednesday
65
Rainfall for the week .58; for
May .58; for the year 7.81 in
ches. '
LITTLE LEAGUE SETS
FIELD DAY SATURDAY
All Little Leaguers are asked
tn attend a Little League field
,1.,., C.jtnrrl'i,, iit 7 nm. The field!
day will be held at the school
ball field.
Jack Sumner, left, this week was
Mr and Mrs Sumner, who pur
chased the ranch in June, 1956,
have contour stripped 540 acres
of cropland, practice stubble
mulching and seeded 40 acres
of grass legumes this spring for
improved pastures.
In addition to wheat product
ion, Sumner runs 25 head of reg
istered polled Herefords. He
started his herd while a junior
in high school when he first pur
chased five head of the register
ed stock.
Sumner started ranching af
ter his graduation from Heppner
high school in 1953 when he was
valedictorian of his class. In 1952
he was a district winner in the
United Nations Pilgrimage con
test to New York City. In Nov
ember, 1953, Sumner was marr
ied to Rita Cox, also Heppner
high school graduate. They have
two sons, John, 3 Va years and
Charlie, 2 years. ,
A member of the Odd Fellows
lodge, Sumner this year Is chair
man of the Umatilla-Morrow
county United Nations Pilgrim
age for Youth contest; he Is a
member , of the Farm Bureau,
the county and state Cattlemens'
Association, the Oregon and Am
erican Polled Hereford Associat
ions, the Masons, Eastern Star
and Elks lodges and a cooper
ator with the Heppner Soil Con
servation District. Born at Prine
ville, Sumner eame here with
his parents in 1945. Mrs Sumner
is a member of the Morrow Coun
ty Cow Belles, the Eastern Star
and Rebekah lodges.
Primary Ballots
Published Today
Appearing in today's Gazette
Times are reproductions of the
ballots all county voters will re
ceive when they go to the polls
Friday, May 16 for the primary
election.
The ballots are published un
der terms of a new law passed
by the last legislature which is
intended to largely replace the
need for sample ballots. Both
the Republican and Democratic
ballots are shown as is the non
partisan ballot which also In
cludes the special county road
tax levy measure.
A limited number of sample
ballots are still available, how
ever, and may be obtained at
the county clerk's office.
Mrs Eppa Ward Rites
Held at The Dalles
Funeral services for Mrs Ep
pa Ward who passed away at
Newport, Oregon, were held
Tuesday at Smith-Calaway cha
pel in The Dalles with commit
tal at Parklawn Memorial Gar
dens. She was the widow of the
late Del Ward.
Mr and Mrs Ward were long
time residents of Heppner and
Morrow county, at one time own
ing the Heppner Hotel.
Mrs Ward was the former Ep
pa Wilson of Monument. She is
survived by two sisters, Mrs Lot
tie Farnsworth of Tne Danes anu
Mrs Helen Knappenberg of Port
land. Mrs J J Nys of Heppner is
a sister-in-law.
Mrs Ward was a member of
the Episcopal church, Order of
Eastern Star of Heppner, and
Daughters of the Nile.
Going down from Heppner
were Frank Turner, Ed Bennett,
Alva Jones. Lou Bisbee and Har
lan McCurdy Sr who served as
, pallbearers, Mrs A D McMurdo
i and Mrs JNys.