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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. i HEP FN IK G AZETTE-Tl M Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 22, 1958 Awards Presented To 26 Seniors at Commencement Heppner high school graduates were told that the world awaits their adult anticipation for a better world than was looked upon when their parents grad uated from high school. The comments were made by J W Forrester, Jr, editor of the Pendleton East Oregonian and a member of the State Board of Higher Education at Commence ment exercises Wednesday ev ening. Forrester told of the outstand ing advances made in the 20th century then stressed the value of good citizenship, particularly the responsibility of voting. He urged each student to register and vote as soon as his age will allow then study carefully the issues and the candidates. He said "No nation can be stronger than the people its schools produce." Following the presentation of diplomas to the 26 graduating seniors, by Raymond French, school board chairman, scholar ship and other awards were pre sented to the following by super intendent Joe H Stewart: Student body officers pins to president Ed Groshens; vice president Len Ray Schwarz; sec retary, Phyllis Quackenbush, and treasurer, Joann Brosnan. School spirit awards, Peggy Applegate and Burke Gentry. Outstanding athlete, (tie) Len Ray Schwarz and Ed Groshens. Valedictorian award, Joann Brosnan; and salutatorian a ward, Ron Currin. Outstanding citizen awards, Ed Groshens and Helen Graham. Hehisch awards, Helen Gra ham, Phyllis Quackenbush and Janice Beamer. U of O Eric Allen certificate for outstanding work as news paper writer, Ed Groshens. Eric Allen certificate for outstanding work in newspaper production, Helen Graham. U of O George S Turnbull yearbook certificate, Janice Beamer. FBLA scholarship. for the best student in business, Len Ray Schwarz. Senior citizen award, Ed Gro shens. Outstanding senior business student, Helen Graham. P-TA year tuition scholarship, Helen Graham. Soroptimist $100 scholarship Joann Brosnan. Flks scholarships. Joann Bros nan and James Morris, $200 pach: Tom Currin, $100. vnrv tuition scholarship giv en by Soroptimists of La Grande, Phyllis Quackenbush. Heppner Pine Mills, $250 each vonr fur twn vears. Ed Groshens. Lovejoy $100 scholarship for outstanding student Poay pres iHpnt in this area, Ed Groshens Citizenship placque, Freshman class. Musical selections for the ex ercises was provided by the high school band and chorus, and the class colors of rose and silver were used in decorations. CUTS FORTH N. Jposed pond MAHONEY jj LEASE i CUTSFORTH IL It FQREST PARK ' N CUTSFORTH LEGEND ' ownership lines PROPOSED POND which many local sportsmen are urging the state game commission to develop il. i . timtvAn Krif Thiirh nst 1rrrrn it urnnM nrovirie amole sizp far fish near uiuionu FulK u ncucu wicwiw vuju mw w r- stocking and good recreational use. (See story below) GAME COMMISSION TO CONSIDER POND DEVELOPMENT NEAR CUTSFORTH PARK Because of the sustained high Keeling, P W Mahoney and the water and resultant mediocre , Cutsforth family. Logging Crews Back at Work County Grain Shipments Reach 30,000 Bushels Day Wheat and barley is leaving Morrow County Grain Growers elevators through the Paterson Ferry dock at the rate of about 30,000 bushels, or one barge- load, a day, Al Lamb MCGG manaeer said this week. The heavy hauling is being done to make room for the soon-to-be-harvested 1958 crop. Ten truck and trailer wheat transports a cloy are now using ttiP bonrnfcin range road to reach the MCGG storage and loading facility at Paterson fed- ry, and they are hauling seven davs a week. Lamb said. During the past 12 months about 1,500, 000 bushels of wheat and barley have been loaded out oi tne dock with practically this en tire amount having been truck ed over the bombing range road to the Columbia.' At the present time the bulk of the shipment is barley which is going by barge to Longview where it will be transferred to a boat for Japan. The bulk of this Japanese order is being fill ed from the stocks in Morrow County Grain Growers elevators, largely because local facilities were available for the immed iate shipment of the grain need ed for the shipload. Lamb stressed the value of the recently-built bombing range road in shortening the length of the truck haul from interior elevators to the river facility. From indications local storage facilities will be in good shape to handle the upcoming grain crop, which from early prospects, promises to be one of the largest the county has produced. fishing in local streams so far this season, the sketch above should be of interest to Morrow county sportsmen and recreat ionists. The map, draw by Kenneth Keeling, shows one of the pro posed ponds which the Oregon State Game Commission will consider impounding after mak ing an intensive survey in the near future. The pond would be at the con fluence of Herren and Willow creeks and is estimated to be of sufficient size to accommodate between 1,000 to 2,000 rainbow trout. The land and access to the Dond has been offered to the game commission by Kenneth i If the commission agrees to build the necessary dam, the pond would become a welcome addition to the recreational fac ilities which are being developed In this area. The finances of the game commission are supple mented for these projects by the Federal excise taxes on nsning tackle. Other interested sportsmen In the county have Indicated that they would assist in further de velopment if the pond is built Game commission engineers will be in this area shortly to survey this site, as well as sev eral others higher in the moun tains. 75th Year, Number 1 1 Pioneer Picnic Again Planned For Memorial Day Plans are heins comDleted for the annual Memorial Day Pio neer picnic which will be held Friday, May 30 at the fair pa vilion in Heppner. Arrangements fcre beinc made to feed and handle at least as many visitors as attended last year when 180 persons gathered for the affair, Lennie Louden, vice president of the committee, said this week. All visitors are asked to bring their out place settings and either a potiucK dish of salad, vegetable, pota toes or dessert. The committee will provide meat, rolls and cof fee and the dinner Is to start at noon. A short program Is planned following the dinner with Mar ion Weatherford of Arlington scheduled to give a short talk. Several musical selections are planned for entertainment. This is the fourth year the picnic has been held on Memor ial Day and each year it has attracted additional persons. The event started when it was leu that former residents who make the trip here on that day to decorate graves of relatives, would appreciate a chance to visit. The idea immediately took hold and a committee of local residents have since handled the dinner and program. Members of this year's com mittee are Dr A D Murdo, pres ident; Lennie Louden, vice pres ident; and Mrs Clive Huston, secretary. The affair is open to tne pud-lie. Heppner Couple Passes Citizenship Examinations Road Levy OK'd; Dinges Gets Nod For Assessor Post County Voters Follow Pattern of Rest of State in Most Selections Morrow county voters, both Democrat and Republican, pret ty well followed in the same pattern as did the rest of the state in last Friday's primary election approving Governor Ro bert D Holmes for the Democrat ic nomination for governor and Mark Hatfield the nod on the Republican ticket. In the single county contest Harry Dinges, incumbent assess or, ran up a two to one lead over his opponent for the post on the Republican ballot, Del mer Buschke of Heppner. The final count gave Dinges 45.3 to Buschke's 227. Dinges win oe opposed in the fall general elect ion bv Batie Rand of Boardman who received a total of 96 write- in votes for the Democratic nom ination Rand received votes in seven of the nine precincts in the county Road Levy Approved In the only other local meas ure, the voters gave generous ap proval to the special five-year 10 mill road levy for the county. With improving weather and road conditions, Heppner Pine Mills woods crews went back to work the first of last week and trucking is expected to start next Monday, it was reported today. A crew of 14 fallers are now at work in the Buckaroo Flat area of the Blue Mountains, 42 miles southeast of Heppner and the company expects to log in that section throughout the sum-mpr. Logging and trucking crews have been off since just after the first of the year when heavy rain and snow forced retirement from the woods. EARLY PAPER DUE NEXT WEEK Gazette-Times advertisers and news correspondents ate advised that because of the Memorial day holiday Fri day. May 30, next week's paper will be published one day early, on Wednesday. This will allow delivery to all area readers by Thurs day. All news and advertising copy should be gotten into the GT office at least one day earlier than usuaL The advertising and social news deadline will be Monday ev ening and final deadlines will be Tuesday evening. County Historical Plates Go On Sale Members of St Monica's guild of All Saints' Episcopal church are now selling historical plates which are expected to be oi con siderable interest to county resi dents. The 10 inch china plates have a color picture of the Morrow county courthouse on the front and a short history on the back. Each come complete with hanger and sell for $.75. Mrs Herx Hamilton is in charge of the plate sale and they will be available at the Memor ial Day Pioneer picnic, it was announced. Red Cross Slates Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Morrow county chapter oi the Red Cross will be held at 8 pm i xSy . I Court Street Paving Started Work started Monday on the imDrovement of the three blocks of South Court street from the corner of May and Court to Can nnn street. The work is being done by the Russell Olsen Construction Com pany of Pendleton and was to have started about two weeks ago, but was delayed by a state wide strike of heavy construct inn workers. The street has been cut down to grade and base rock is now being placed. The entire sect inn will hp curbed and paved with asphaltic concrete topping. The city purchased tne 101 on thp corner of Mav and Court otropts tn allow widening of the street at that intersection and plans call for joint development with th county or me corner in to a parking lot for the court house. ThP hulk of the cost of the project is being paid from state highway department funds with property owners paying for the curbing. Harrv and Mia Bongers, resi dents of Heppner for nearly a year, Monday jumped their greatest hurdle in becoming Am erican citizens they successful ly passed their final citizenship examinations Deiore i,eKoy Sfhillins. Portland, naturalizat ion examiner, and when they re turned home that evening louna all kinds of surprizes awaiting them. Mr and Mrs Bongers are nat ives of Holland and have lived in America only a relatively short time. He is the admini strator of Pioneer Memorial hos pital, a job he took over last June. Harry Bongers came to Amer ica first on February 20, 1950 under the sponsorship of Dr and Mrs Willard Norse of The Dalles, tn December of that same year he returned to his homeland Monday, June 2 at the Bank of L.nprp he remained until Oct- Eastern Oregon meeting room,! h(?r 1952 and was married to it was announced today by Mrs Verner Troedson, secretary. The main business will be to elect five members to the board of directors of the county chap ter, said Mrs Orville Cutsforth, chairman. All chapter members (persons who have donated $1.00 or more) are urged to attend the meeting. Mia. five months before he re turned to this country. His wife rnuld not accompany him then for it is necessary that he have a job and be able to support her before American laws would al' low her entry into the country Babv Timing Good Mrs Bongers arrived by plane in Portland on March 5, 1953 Hermiston Man Gets School Bid Sam Godwin, Hermiston con tractor, was awarded the con tract for the remodeling of the science laboratory, commercial rooms and library at Heppner h nh school. His bid ot $35,885 was the lower of two bids re ceived by the school board and ononed at its meeting last Frl day night. Work is expected to start immediatelv. The remainder of the $50,000 sDeclal lew voted for the re modeling project will go for equipping the lab and rooms and for architect's fees. In other business the board hired Mrs Madelvn Duke as high school librarian for next year She is now teaching in Ash tork, Arizona and in addition to her library work, she may teach one English class. William French and Kenneth A Sawyer were hired as janitors replacing Dean and Nelson Con nor, both of whom have enter ed the military service. MIGHTY HAPPY that they both passed American citizenship ex- M. XI f wm W : Dnnn.a m.9 Tfannnav Thaw aminauons mouuuy, uio nun y uuu raiu ovuycio v. are natives of Holland and when the final hearing and citizen ship oath is administered later this year, they will be full fledged American citizens. (GT Photo) where she was met by her hus band and driven immediately to The Dalles where she entered a hospital just in time to give birth to a son, Harry Jr, who be cause of his lucky timing was born an American citizen. The Boneers came to America as the result of a pen pal who was the neice of Dr Morse. Alter he told her of his desire to come to this country, Dr Morse aided in making it possible, and Bong ers worked for him for some time after arriving. He had done ad ministrative work in Holland, and since coming to America has been In hospital administration. Accompanying Mr and Mrs Boneers to Pendleton for their examination were their sponsors, Dr and Mrs Morse of The Dalles, the Rev Patrick Gaire of Hepp Plane Hits Lines, Knocks Out Power a rmn-dustinc plane struck a on nm.vf.lt Pacific Power & Light company power line in northeast Oregon early Tuesday, knocking out electric service to Arlington, Jordan, Heppner and lone. Service was restored to Joruan and Heppner less than an hour oftpr the 4:35 am accident. lone was back on the line at 5:41 am. The broken lines, about lour miles north of Olex, were re paired by 8 am when service was restored to the Arlington area. All three conducters on the 20,000-volt line were severed by the airplane. lone Youth Saved From Drowning Robert Hubbard, son of Mr and Mrs Van Hubbard of lone, and a student at EOCE was nearly drowned Sunday while llstung in the Umatilla river near Echo. Hubbard was fishing with an other student Mike Tolar of Echo, with whom he was spend ing the weekend, when he step ped into a hole. He was wear ing waders and was washed downstream about 250 yards be fore being recovered by Tolar who gave him artificial respirat ion then took him to a doctor for treatment. Hubbard lort his boots, glass es, fishing gear and wallet in the near-fatal accident. WEATHER Court House Park Ready For Use Facilities at the court house park in Heppner are now ready for the expected influx of pic nicers, custodian D E "Shorty" Hudson revealed this week. Added this year, and now ready for use, are public rest rooms which have been built at the rear of the countv Jail. All tables and picnic facilities are in place, and an ample sup ply of fireplace wood awaits vis itors. The vote on this measure was 646 yes, to 360 no. The measure was approved in every county precinct except Irrigon where it receved a small "no" majority. On the non-partisan ballot Gordon Sloan was given a 533 vote nod over Boyd Overhulse with 311 votes and Samuel M Bowe with 105 votes for posit ion number 3 on the supreme court. George Rossman outdis tanced his opponent Jason Lee for position number 7 on the supreme court by a vote of 560 to 380. A total of 1152 votes were cast in the county out of a grand total of 2167 registered voters giving the county approximately a 53 percent vote considerably better than the statewide aver age which was a little under 50 percent. The vote was heaviest In the Hardman precinct where 28 out of 38 voted, and Lexington where 181 out 261 voted. In onlv one precinct was there any contest for county commit teeman or committeewoman s nomination, and in that one. Northwest Heppner, Robert Pen- land received 82 votes to 21 for Rav Smith for Republican com mitteeman. In all other precincts on both Republican and Demo crat ballots, there was either no opposition or no filings. Various write-ins were given for these offices and the winners will be notified shortly by the county clerk. Tally Given Here Is the way the county voted on all ballots: REPUBLICAN Representative in Congress, second district, Marlon T weath erford, 539. Governor Albert Eiehman, 35 Walren Gill, 102 Mark Hatfield, 378 George W Livingston, 13 Orval Rasor, 4 Sig Unander, 158 Commissioner of the bureau of labor, Lyle E McCauley, 451. State Representative, 22nd dis trict, Orville W Cutsforth, 533. District Attorney, Robert Ab- rams, 599. County Judge, Oscar Peterson, 667. County Commissioner, E O (Gene) Ferguson, 595. County Assessor, Harry Dinges, 453. DEMOCRAT Representative in Congress, second district, Al Ullman, 387. Governor Robert D Holmes, 275 Wiley W Smith, 30 Lew Wallace, 112. Commissioner of bureau of labor, Norman O Neilson, 329. State Representative, 22nd dis trict, Frank M Weatherford, 351. County Commissioner, Jasper E Myers, 310. County Assessor (write-in), Batie Rand, 96. County Clerk, Bruce M Lind say, 375. NON-PARTISAN Supreme Court, position No 3, Samuel M Bowe, 105 Boyd Overhulse, 311. Gordon Sloan. 533. Supreme Court, position No 7, Jason Lee, iW. George Rossman, 560. 10 mill county road levy, Yes, 646; No, 360. Hi Low 70 41 78 48 83 47 78 50 82 53 76 50 80 54 Prec. .00 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Woflnpsrlav Rainfall for the week .06; for May 1.59; for the year 8.82 inches. npr: the Rev Leopold O'Riordani and the Kev uuiiy oi nermiswn; and Mr and Mrs Garland Swan- son of lone. Upon their return to Heppner Monday evening, Mr and Mrs Bongers were guests of Mr and Mrs Paul Koenig for dinner and a celebration party which brought one of the biggest sur prises of the day for Mia. She was given a telephone call to her parents in Maasbracht, Hol (Continued on Page 6) TAPPED BY HONORARY Adelia Anderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ervin Anderson, has been tapped by Phi Kappa Phi, national honor society ana win be initiated Sunday, June 8 at Oregon State College. MOTHER DIES Mr and Mrs Earl Blake left Tuesday morning for Portland, called there by the death of her mother. Mrs Mary Jones. uner al services are pending, but will be held in Portland. Revival Series To Start Sunday Evaneellst June Hoover, of Spokane, Washington will be the speaker during a series of reviv al services at the Assembly of God church, beginning Sunday, May 25, and continuing every night at 7:45, except Monday and Saturday, announced Rev Gever. pastor. An enloyable feature of the services will be audience par ticipation of singing hymns, be sides special vocal and instru mental music. The public is in vited to take part in these ser vices. Weekend quests at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Abrams were Mr and Mrs John Neely of Portland. Mr Neely is basket ball coach at Jefferson high school. 4-H Field Day Set Saturday, May 24 All 4-H livestock club mem bers have been extended an in vitation to attend the sixth an nual livestock field day on Sat urday, May 24. Hosts lor tne field dav are the Freddie Nelson family at whose ranch the field day has been held during tne past three years. During the day 4-H nvestocK will have the opportunity to fit and groom, enter in showman shin contests and Judge several classes of livestock. The day is designed to give both young ana older club members last minute help before the Oregon Wheat Growers League sponsored fat stock show and sale as well as experience for the Morrow coun ty fair. Club members will bring their own animals to work on during the day. The field day will Begin ai 9 am with the morning devoted to fitting and grooming. The af ternoon will be spent in snow manship and Judging. Club members, parents and those in terested in attending are invit ed and asked to bring their sack lunch for noon. The Nelson's will provide a cold drink and ice cream.
