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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. May IS, 1958 BLOODMOBILE VISIT NETS 80 PINTS FOR RED CROSS AREA BLOOD BANK The Morrow county Red Cross i Winkle, Gerald Bergstrom, chapter offers this week ex- Glenn Ward, Charlotte Lundell, Sessed pl -asure at the response' Raymond Lundell, Pat Cuts orth, "a!1 residents who donated ; George Irvin, Georgia Ann Irvm blood during last week's Blood- Helen Leyva, Ed Dick, Paul mobile visit to Heppner. A total Brown, LeRoy Gardner of 80 pints was roeeiveu uum donors, and though the amount was a little below the quota of 100 pints it added greatly to the area blood bank. The drawing was held May 7 at the Episcopal parish house and Mrs Orvllle Cutsforth, coun ty Red Cross chairman today ex pressed her appreciation to the following persons and organizat ions for their assistance: Mrs Nora Turner, Mrs Kum Game, Bird Count High in District Mule deer population trends have been completed by the Ore gon State game commission in Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler counties and they show a 13 thp number Bedford and Mrs Eileen Padberg,lof doer over 1957. Mild Weather receptionists; lleppncr high concjitions during the winter pre vented any doer loss irom mal nutrition. ld.fJLlV,ill.TVO, " school for the use of a typwriter and Joann Brosnan, Janice isea mcr, Phyllis Quackenbush, typ ists; Mrs Delores McDowell, mo tor service; Miss Helen Graham, Mrs Margaret Troedson, Mrs Ir ene Wilson, and Mrs Hazel Bau man, records; Mrs Leadford of Pioneer Memorial hospital who secured nurses: Mrs Tess Hatfield, Mrs Ruth Williams, Mrs Gena Leonard, Mrs John Newman, Mrs Edna Morris, Mrs Jeanine Johnson, Mrs Marge Johnson. Mrs Jack Loyd, Mrs Paul Webb, Mrs Alex Thompson, Mrs Frank Anderson, Mrs Roberta Hubbard, Mrs Jean Hazelhurst and Mrs Jim Valentine provided sandwiches, cookies, coffee and milk. The chapter also expressed thanks to the Episcopal church for the use of its facilities and to L E Dick and his crew who aided in loading and unloading equipment as well as high school boys who assisted. Donors Listed Following is the list of donors and the chapter's thanks also goes to those who attempted to give but were not able for var ious reasons. Winn Crist, Oliver Creswlek, Dale Waddill, Joe Stewart, Noel Dobyns, Jean Nelson. John Pfelf fer, Tom Hughes, Darrell Pad berg, Leonard Munkers, Llew ellyn Robbins, Jim Mallon, Tom Wilson, Martha King, Allan Dag gett, Ralph Taylor, Glenn Smith, Robert Buschke Helen McCabe, James Farley, Kay Corbin, Ruth Van Winkle, Betty Wilson, Car rie Karibbs, Gordon Pratt, Thom as RarL'cant. Elwayne Bergstrom, Kemp Dick, Barbara Cutsforth, Kpn Kppline. Marion Green, Del mer Jordan, Willard Blake, Bill Steagall, Vern C Flower, Betty Pfolffor. Eileen Padberg. Susan Glennie, William Glennie, John Newman, Gene Orwick, Harold Johnston, Elizabeth Van Schoi ack, Helen Nelson, George Peck. Frank Messenger, Rcna Mar quardt, Sharon Cutsforth, Lyle Willdon, Kenneth Turner, Vic Kreimeyer, John Venard, Orvllle Cutsforth, Vernon Munkers, Lyle Cox, Bernard Doherty, Gena Leo nard, Bill Labhart, Phyllis Quackenbush, Beverly Miles, Gladys Heliker, Franklin Miles. Donald Heliker, Glenn Mc Murty, Jack Barak, Richard Ol son, Lester Boulden, Gladys Van Food Service Classes Planned May 28 Food service classes are being conducted at 2:30 and again at 8:00 pm, May 28 in the Elks Temple at Heppner for Morrow county restaurant personnel. The one-hour classes are being joint ly sponsored by the state board ,of health and the Morrow coun ty health office, and are being conducted by district sanitarians William B Culham and James L Shoemake. The program includes three strip films on "Utensils and Equipment", "Washing and Stor age" and "Table and Counter Sanitation". Discussions are be ing held on "Garbage Problems and the Restaurant'' and Prob lems In Dishwashing and Coun ter Top Sanitation". Time has been set aside for questions and discussion from the audience. iL L -J i 'i ARMED FORCES DAY 1958 will tea more missile! in operation and under development in the U. S. Armed Forces thon ever before. Service missiles shown above are Heft to right) : U. S. Navy TERRIER, a turface-to-iurface missile aboard the USS Boston; U. S. Army JUPITER-C, the rocket which launched the first U. S. earth satellite, the EXPLORER; and U. S. Air Force THOR, surface-to-surfoct Inter mediate Range Ballistic Missile. Flk numbers show an 11 per cent increase which was due to a good calf crop last spring. Deer and elk have begun their sum mer migration into the higher elevations to have their young which occurs in May and June and people finding fawn cieer i- ..tn1n4!n ..1 or call eiK are in viuiauu:i ui the law if they molest or have them in their possession. The commission also reports that upland game numbers in the three counties are the high est since recording have been made. Upland game hunters can anticipate excellent snooung this fall should weather con ditions permit good hatching of birds. Two hundred ana nity fivp Mongolian pheasant which were ready to nest were released in the three counties. The Lhu kar partridge is well established and should provide good hunt ing in the future. Sportsmen in Arlington and Boardman have roceived 500 pheasant eggs, 400 chukar eggs and 175 bobwhite eggs for hatching and release this summer. Work of Hospital Auxiliary Detailed By State Officer A member of the State Hos pital auxiliary, Mrs Albert W Davis of Pendleton, spoke Mon day evening to the board of dir ectors of the Pioneer Memorial hospital auxiliary at a meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs Har ry Bongers. She brought out in her talk that the primary aim of the hos pital auxiliary is service and to help promote more young peop le into nurses training. She stressed that one place the aux iliary can help community and hospital relationship was in ed ucation of hospital charges. It was decided to announce at all church services on Sunday about the open house Sunday afternoon at Pioneer Memorial hospital observing National Hos pital week. The hours will be from 2:00 to 6:00 pm with tea being served in the newly dec orated recreation room of the nursing home part of the hos pital. All organizations of Heppner, Lexington and lone have been contacted about committees for the nursing home visitors. There is a guest book in the recreation room and all visitors are asked I to sign this book and the dates they visit. The hostess served coffee dur ing the meeting to the members present. Ordnance Depot Sets Armed Forces Day Open House The most powerful peacetime force in U S history its men, ships, planes and missiles strat egically located around the world in combat readiness against any emergency will spearhead the observance of the ninth Armed Forces Day, Satur day, May 17. In observance of this day, Col onel Cam Longley, Jr, command ing officer of the Umatilla Or dnance Depot, Ordnance, cord ially extends his invitation to the public to attend "Open House" at the depot. We will do everything poss ible within security regulations to enable our citizens to see the mighty forces that have been created as a "Power for Peace" against the threat of Communist aggression, "Longley said. "This will be no small celebration. Senator Wayne Morse will be the principal speaker. The pro gram at the depot will include as a major display, a full size actual model of our satellite, "EXPLORER I", complete with antenna and cut away to show Inside working details. This will be the first appearance of the Explorer on the west coast to our knowledge." The depot will Include in its program a variety of other dis plays to include NIKE-AJAX missiles, helicopters, small arms such as machine guns, mortars, etc. There will be tours of the explosive areas by trains and busses. Visitors will see large displays of live ammunition of many types and ammunition op erating equipment of many var ieties. The administrative area will be alive with "county fair" type displays of various armed forces equipment items. Movies will be run continuously, and in addition, there will be a color slide "tour" of the Hanford atom ic works. The depot cafeteria will be open to serve ham and tur key dinners at nominal cost. There will be soft drinks and hot dogs. "Come prepared to have the time of your lives," the Colonel adds, "We are doing all within our power to make this Armed Forces Day the most memorable yet." WATER PROSPECTS EXCELLENT DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND SNOWPACK Abnormally heavy precipitat ion in April increased the snow pack In the higher elevations and added to an already ade quate water supply outlook for farmers in Umatilla, Morrow and Gilliam counties. Recent floods resulted largely from heavy rain fall which added to snow-melt runoff, according to a report re leased today by W T Frost, Snow Justice and Municipal Courts James Clifford Read, no PUC permit, forfeited $15 bail. Louis J White, drunk in street, forfeited $20 bail. FARLEY MOTORS GETS SERVICE AWARD James J Farley of Farley Mo tor Company Tuesday was pre sented with a "Shell 10-Year" plaque by officials of the Shell Oil Company. The presentation was made in recognition of val ued business association. Enjoy Ihe great bourbon jS oOld THE 01D SUNNY BROOK CO., LOUISVILLE, KY DISTRIBUTED BY NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CO., KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY, 86 PROOF Condon Air Base Slates Open House The Condon Air Force Station will join with other units of the Armed Forces to celebrate Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 17. The 636th Aircraft Control and Warning squadron at Condon, one of the many command units which protect U S borders, will hold open house from 11 am to 4 pm that day. The public will be given guided tours of the base, including the radar tower and operating section. Many sections will have displays pre pared; there will be drill team and fire-fighting demonstrat ions, and a simulated search and rescue mission staged by the lo cal Civil Air Patrol. Arrange ments have been made for a low-level flyover by some of the Air Defense Command's latest fighter-interceptors. Light refreshments will be served in the dining hall and a bus run is scheduled for those who do not wish to drive the seven miles from Condon to the base. Buses will leave from the Condon bank every hour between 11 am and 3 pm. ? S HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr and Mrs Donald Lee Bennett, Heppner, a 7 lb 5 oz gin Dorn May o, named Sandra Lee. Patients Thomas Melena, lone, dismissed; Charles An drews, Lone Rock, dismissed; Margaret Cartee, Kinzua, dis missed; Richard Benson, Kinzua, dismissed; Roxa Peters, Heppner, dismissed; William Smethurst, Heppner, dismissed; Arleta Sar gent, Kinzua, dismissed; Roberta Hubbard, Heppner, dismissed Glen McLachlan, Heppner (de- Walla near Milton will discharge survey supervisor for U S De partment of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service and Ore gon agricultural experiment sta tion. Water content of the snow pack is many times greater than last year at this date. This is due in part to continued snow accumulation and to delayed melt. Tollgate snow has a wat er content of 32.7 inches com pared to 15.6 inches last year. Arbuckls Mountain snow has 10.2 inches of water while there was none at this time last year. Watershed soils are well sat urated with moisture penetrat ing well beyond the fourth foot. This condition will favor a well sustained streamflow. Stored water supplies are ex cellent with both Cold Spring and McKay Reservoirs full and more water available. Forecasts for above normal flows during the April-Septem ber period indicate the Walla STRANGE TOOTS COME FROM NEW AIR HORNS The Heppner fire department Tuesday briefly tested its new air horn fire alarm and received several calls from residents wno wondered what the noise was. Installation of all automatic equipment is not yet complete and several more tests of the horns will probably be made during the next few days. For the present time the former sir en will remain the actual fire alarm, but the horns will be put into use in the near future. According to reports the short test blasts were heard distinct ly in all sections of town. I0NE NEWS A farewell party will be given in honor of Mrs Emma Dally and Gary Stephenson at the Legion hall Saturday evening at 8:00 pm. All friends are cordially invited. FIRE HITS FAIR STAND Fire apparently starting from an unattended trash barrel dam aged a concession stand at the fair grounds Friday noon. The Heppner fire department quick ly controlled the blaze in the frame structure with limited damage. MATLOCK IN HOSPITAL Leslie L Matlock of Heppner was taken to Portland last week and was to have undergone sur gery Wednesday in a Portland hospital. No report has been re ceived on his condition. ceased); Jesse Zemmer, Kinzua, dismissed; Ruth Wilkes, Kelso, Wash; Timothy Day, Spray dis missed; Kathleen Van Dusen, Monument; Rosalie Moe, Hepp ner; Pearl Lee Steers, Heppner; Edward A Sanders, Spray. WAVE Recruiter to Be At Pendleton Miss Helene Hirsch, Wave re cruiter for Eastern Oregon will be in Pendleton May 26 and 27 to interview girls Interested in becoming Waves in the U S Navy. Miss Hirsch will be available for conducting interviews be tween 9 and 5:15 each day in the Navy recruiting station in the post office building, Pendle ton. Miss Hirsch has been in the Waves for the past 15 years and said among her most interesting assignments was being confer ence reporter for General Eisen hower for two years in Paris, and serving two years on the staff of the commander-in-chief of the Far East in Tokyo. Anyone desiring to arrange a meeting with Miss Hirsch is as ked to contact Chief Ray Bau mann at CR6-2642 Pendleton. 114 percent of average, the Uma tilla at Pendleton 110 percent of average and McKay Creek 135 percent of average. Excellent spring and early summer flows of Birch, Butter, Willow, Rhea and Rock Creeks, and other small streams, will be the rule with late season flows about average. CALLED HERE BY ILLNESS Mrs John H Barrie of Indian apolis, Indiana arrived in Hepp ner Sunday to be with her moth er Mrs Frank Monahan who is critically 111 in Pioneer Memor ial hospital. She was met in Pen dleton by her sisters, Mrs Paul Hisler of Heppner and Mrs Jos eph Causey of Douglas, Arizona, who arrived here earlier this month. FORMER RESIDENT DIES Word has been received here of the death of Mrs Frank Fox (Edna Van Duyn) of Portland on Sunday, May 11. She lived here for many years and her father ran a store in Heppner. She is survived by two brothers Walter and Charlie Van Duyn and one sister, Gertrude E Nash. SERVICE MAN ON LEAVE Charles J Bevan, USN, is home on 15 day leave visiting his par ents, Mr and Mrs L E Bevan of Hardman. He has just completed 11 weeks of aviation ordnance training at the Naval Air Stat ion and Jacksonville, Florida. Bevan was recruited through the Pendleton recruiting station last August and after finishing boot camp at San Diego was transferred to Norman, Okla homa to attend classes at the aviation fundamentals school. He is now stationed in the heavy attack mine laying squadron 10 at Whidby Island NAS Washing ton for 24 months of duty. Mrs Claude Graham and daun ghter, Helen were in La Grande over the weekend where they visited the Graham's daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Ber nard Damon and attended par ents weekend at Eastern Ore gon College. Mr and Mrs E E Gonty visited over Mother's Day with her mo ther, Mrs C F Hemrich of Beav erton. Going to Milton-Freewater Saturday to participate in the Pea Festival parade were Miss Pat Steagall, queen of the Mor row County Fair and Rodeo, and her princesses Miss Barbara Steagall, Miss Joanne Brosnan and Miss Karen Valentine, and Miss Janice Janice Beamer, a princess of the Pendleton Round up. Accompanying the young la dies were Mrs Al Fetsch, chap erone, Mr and Mrs Ralph Bea mer and Jim Valentine. Mrs Sophia Barr, of Portland, is visiting at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs Frank W Turner. Mrs Mark Church (Bess Yo cum) visited over the weekend at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs Hen ry Happold. Her daughter, Car olyn came up to attend the junior-senior prom. Their homes are in Portland. La Veme Van Marter Jr, dis- WANTED Woman to do gen eral housework on Thursday of each week. No heavy work, trict deputy G E R of Oregon Inquire at Gazette-Times of- Elks, visited the Condon lodge fice. Thursday evening. 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